Dwight. Theology; Explained and Defended, in a Series of Sermons (Vol. III) 1823

Dwight, Timothy. Theology; Explained and Defended, in a Series of Sermons (Vol. III). New-Haven: S. Converse, 1823. Third Edition. [7979] Full leather, scuffed and worn, red leather title label to spine, front outer hinge good, rear cracked near top, "261" in white ink top of spine. 5 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches, 1962 paper donation label on ffep. 560 unmarked pp., foxing throughout, tight. Good. Leather bound. Sermons 87-131, on the themes of Regeneration, The Law of God, The Ten Commandments.Timothy Dwight, D.D., LL.D., (1752-1817), grandson of Jonathan Edwards, born at Northampton, MA. Dwight graduated at Yale College at the age of 17, in 1769. He served in the army during the American Revolution, as a chaplain to General Parson’s brigade. His father’s death in 1778 necessitated a return to his family home to take care of his mother, which he did by teaching school and by preaching. In 1783 he accepted a call to become the pastor of the parish of Greenfield, CT. In 1795 he was elected presid