MAJUS, JOHANN HEINRICH.

Oeconomia Vet. & Novi Testamenti Singvlaris Sive Specimina Providentiae & Sanctitatis Divinae In Gvbernatione Ecclesiae Per Diversas Temporvm Facies Conspicva, Cvm Indicibvs Necessariis.

Frankfurt & Leipzig, Lammers, 1723.

4to. Bound in contemporary full calf binding with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Small old paper-label pasted on to top of spines. Boards with wear and scratches. Internally fine and clean. (22), 463 pp. 

The rare first edition of Majus work on how God’s providence and holiness operate throughout biblical history, particularly in the governance of the Church.
Johann Heinrich Majus (1653–1719) was a Lutheran theologian born in Pforzheim, Baden. He studied in Wittenberg, Leipzig and Strasbourg, specializing in Oriental languages. After serving as a preacher for the Count Palatine of Veldenz and in Baden-Durlach he became a professor of theology at the University of Giessen in 1688.

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