Isaac Watts - A defense against the temptation to self-murther. Together with Some Reflections on Excess in Strong - 1726

Watts, Isaac: A defense against the temptation to self-murder. In which the criminal nature and guilt of it are displayed; the various pretenses for it are examined and answered; seasonable advice is proposed to those who are tempted, and to those who have been delivered from this temptation. Together with some reflections on excess in strong liquors, duelling, and other practices akin to this heinous sin.

London, printed for J. Clark and R. Hett at the Bible and Crown in the Poultry near Cheapside, E. Matthews at the Bible in Paternoster Row, and R. Ford at the Angel in the Poultry near Stocks-Market, 1726. XI, 142 pages. Decorative leather binding of the same with a red spine label and raised bands. EST N2195. - First edition. - A German edition appeared in 1745 under the title "Warning Against Temptation to Suicide." - Isaac Watts (1674-1748), mainly known for his 750 hymns, devised a dispensationalist schema of salvation history. The epochs were called innocence, Adamic (after the Fall), Noahic, Abrahamic, Mosaic, and Christian. - A beautiful copy!