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An engraving portrait of John Wesley in profile. It is identical to 95-001-171 and has handwritten on print "Apr 1 1791."

An engraving portrait of John Wesley in profile. It is identical to 95-001-173.

An engraved portrait of John Wesley based on the painting by Sylvester Hardin.

An engraved portrait of John Wesley in profile. It is identical to 18-003-001.

An engraved portrait of a young John Wesley based on the J Williams painting. The image was printed for Carrington Bowles in St. Paul's Church Yard, London. It is similar to 95-001-167.

An engraved protrait of a young John Wesley based on the J Williams painting. It is similar to 95-001-168.

An engraved protrait of a young John Wesley based on the J Williams painting.

An engraved portrait of John Wesley, inscribed "88 years have I travelled on this Earth endeavouring to do good."

An engraved portrait of John Wesley, James Hamilton and Joseph Cole, inscribed "eighty-seven years have I sojourned on this earth endeavoring to do good." The engraving was presented by Thirteenth Street Methodist Episcopal Church (Philadelphia). The image is based on 95-001-023.

A photograph of a painting by John Russell of a young John Wesley.

A photograph of a portrait of John Wesley (95-001-159).

A photograph of a bust of John Wesley.

A photograph of a painted portrait of John Wesley. The text on back the back reads, "From a fine oil painting in the possession of Mr. R. Thursfield Smith."

A photograph of a miniature portrait of John Wesley in profile. The text on the back reads, "From a gold mounted miniature painted on ivory belonging to R. T. Smith."

Summary: A history of the City Road Chapel in London, England.

Summary: The Spanish scholar Raymond of Sabunde was professor of medicine, philosophy, and theology at the University of Toulouse during the early fifteenth century. His study of natural theology came under the scrutiny of the Council of Trent, which placed its prologue on the index. This particular copy has been censored: the prologue, (leaf A6) has been either inked out or cut away.

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Summary: This impotant work on natural theology was written by the Catalan scholar Raymond of Sabunde 1434-1436 and was circulated widely in manuscript form before being printed in Deventer 1484-85 and reprinted numerous times. Raymond places great emphasis on reason and argues that science is not antithetical to faith but that the Bible and the book of Nature should both be seen as divine revelation.

Summary: Instructions for inquisitors in the Netherlands (Lower Germany), published by the Lutheran reformer Matthias Flacius to call attention to the persecution of Protestants. Flacius intended this report to underscore his opposition to any compromises with the Catholic Church, even in liturgical matters, as permitted by the Augsburg Interim of 1548.

Summary: A fictitious dialogue between a Catholic and a Protestant, written by the Catholic theologian Adam Walasser. The discussion includes topics like the authority of tradition outside of Scripture or prayer to the Saints and the Protestant position is presented as reasonable, albeit incorrect by Walasser.

Summary: A reflection on the purpose of prayer.