Shelfmark
Fk.7.16(05)
Author
Title
Divine benevolence: or, an attempt to prove that the principal end of the divine providence and government is the happiness of his creatures. : Being an answer to a pamphlet, entitled, divine rectitude; or, an inquiry concerning the moral perfections of the deity. With a refutation of the notions therein advanced concerning beauty and order, the reason of punishment, and the necessity of a state of trial antecedent to perfect happiness.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for John Noon, at the White-Hart in Cheapside, near Mercers-Chapel, MDCCXXXI [1731].
Physical description
75, [1]p ; 19cm. (8vo.)
Note
Written by Thomas Bayes in answer to John Balguy's 'Divine rectitude'.
Note
Braces in title.
Note
Price from imprint: price One Shilling.
Note
The upper dot in the colon after "Creatures" has only half printed.
Note
Bound with eighteen other items.
Note
Previously: Dm.7.16.
Note
Pencil inside front board: "Checked March 1924".
Citation/references note
ESTC T17797
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1986. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 5857, no. 30).
Provenance
Circular armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Binding
18th century blue card boards; quarter brown calf; four raised bands.
Subject
Balguy, John, 1686 - 1748 Divine rectitude.
Subject
Providence and government of God.
Added entry--name
Noon, John, 1679 or 80 - 1763 bookseller.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B25703