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A discourse concerning old-age tending to the instruction, caution and comfort of aged persons…
A discourse concerning old-age tending to the instruction, caution and comfort of aged persons / by Richard Steele ...
London: printed by J. Astwood for Tho. Parkhurst, 1688
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
THE CONTENTS.
CHAP. I. The Description of Old-age. Sect. 1. OF the Names for Old-age. Page. 2 2. Of the Nature of it. Page. 6 3. Of the Beginning of it. Page. 9 4. Of the long lives of many persons. Page. 12
CHAP. II. The Causes of Old-age, and Preservatives. Sect. 1. The Original Cause, Mans Sin. Page. 18 2. The Natural Cause, Dryness and Coldness. Page. 23 3. The Preternatural Causes, 1. Unwholesome Air. Page. 24 2. Diseases. Page. 25 3. Immoderate Care and Labour. Page. 26 4. Intemperance. Page. 28 5. Inordinate Passions. Page. 29 4. Preservatives. ⟨image 4⟩1. Piety. Page. 32 2. Sobriety. Page. 36
CHAP. II. The Causes of Old-age, and Preservatives. Sect. 1. The Original Cause, Mans Sin. Page. 18 2. The Natural Cause, Driness and Coldness. Page. 23 3. The Preternatural Causes, 1. Unwholsome Air. Page. 24 2. Diseases. Page. 25 3. Immoderate Care and Labour. Page. 26 4. Intemperance. Page. 28 5. Inordinate Passions. Page. 29 4. Preservatives. ⟨image 4⟩1. Piety. Page. 32 2. Sobriety. Page. 36