Packard, Hezekiah. The Christian's Manual, Amherst NH 1801

Packard, Hezekiah. The Christian's Manual; containing Some Thoughts on the following Subjects, viz. I. - On the Articles of the Christian Faith, with a concise Form of the Covenant annexed, II. - On Baptism. A dialogue. III. - On the Lord's Supper. IV. - On Prayer, with some Forms. V. - On Civil Government, by Question and Answer; To which is added, A part of a celebrated Sermon, on the neglect of Public Worship. The whole Designed for the Use of Families. Amherst, N. H.: Printed by Samuel Preston, March, 1801. First Edition. [9909] Leather spine with plain blue paper over wooden boards, both boards nearly detached, 16 x 10 cm (6 1/4 x 4 inches). 84 pp., text complete, shaken, stained throughout. Fair. Hardcover. The sermon at the end is "A part of Dean Swift's Sermon on sleeping at Church, with some alterations." The chapter on civil government is a catechism on the American civil government, celebrating the liberties its citizens enjoyed.Hezekiah Packard (1761-1849), b. North Bridgew