Z1-41

The soldier’s pocket bible

George Livermore, editor

Privately printed, Cambridge MA, 1861

vi, 16 pages, with prefatory note   /  “A fac-simile reprint of a rare tract issued for the use of the army soon after the commencement of the civil war in England. Only two copies are known to be extant.”–Prefatory note   /   with reproduction of original t.p.: The souldiers pocket Bible: containing the most (if not all) those places contained in holy Scripture which doe shew the qualifications of his inner man, that is a fit souldier to fight the Lord’s battels … Imprimatur, Edm. Calamy … Printed at London by G. B. and R. W. for G. C., 1643  /   “One text only (Eccles. IX. 2) is unquestionably from the … [Authorized] version.”–p. vi

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Online version:  to the edition of 1643 : https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.090151396&view=1up&seq=9&skin=2021

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