The life and funeral sermon of the Reverend Mr. Thomas Brand Dr. Samuel Annesley

5. His spreading of the most Awakening, Convincing, Practical Books, to provoke, and encourage serious Godliness. This is one of the things that's hardly credible, not only Books of small price, as Thousands, if not Ten thousands of Catechisms, many of them with ⟨p. 55⟩Expositions; but bigger Books I cannot say how many thousands of Sheppard's Sincere Convert, Mr. Richard Allein's Vindiciae Pietatis, Mr. Joseph Allein of Conversion and his Life; Several of Mr. Baxter's Treatises, his Call to the Unconverted, his Now, or Never, his Directions to prevent miscarrying in Conversion, his Saint's Rest, &c. with several others. One thing I had almost forgot about Mr. Joseph Allein's Treatise of Conversion which several (of whom he was the chief) agreed for an Impression to be given away, (they altering the Title into [A Guide to Heaven] (to make it more acceptable) He paid down 50 l. at first as an Earnest, besides more afterwards for that Impression of Twenty ⟨p. 56⟩Thousand to be dispersed through the Kingdom of England, and Dominion of Wales, and (I think I may say) there hath been Twenty Thousand more printed since to be sold at under rates: And he gave not only the Writings of Non-Conformists, but of Conformists, namely Pink's Trial of Sincere Love to Christ, Caley of Eternity, Wade of Redemption of Time, Dent's Plain-man's Pathway to Heaven, Scudder's Daily-walk, Reiner's Precepts, &c. But he gave Books of greater price; As the Books of Martyrs in Three Volumes, Charnock's Works in Two Volumes, several Annotators on the Bible, several Commentators on the Holy Scriptures, several necessary Libraries to young Students and Candidates for the ⟨p. 57⟩Ministry. There was no place where he came, and he was providentially drawn or driven into many Counties, but he stored the Houses of all that would accept of his kindness with Books of Devotion. I know not whether ever he gave away any one Book of Controversy, unless it were Pool's Nullity of the Roman Faith, and his Dialogue between a Popish Priest, and an English Protestant. He was always for Promoting down right Practical Godliness.

5. His spreading of the most Awakening, Convincing, Practical Books, to provoke, and encourage serious Godliness. This is one of the things that's hardly credible, not only Books of small price, as Thousands, if not Ten thousands of Catechisms, many of them with