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EARLY HISTORY OF RELIGION. Imagine holding history in your hands. Now you can. Digitally preserved and previously accessible only through libraries as Early English Books Online, this rare material is now available in single print editions. Thousands of books written between 1475 and 1700 can be delivered to your doorstep in individual volumes of high quality historical reproductions. From the beginning of recorded history we have looked to the heavens for inspiration and guidance. In these early religious documents, sermons, and pamphlets, we see the spiritual impact on the lives of both royalty and the commoner. We also get insights into a clergy that was growing ever more powerful as a political force. This is one of the world's largest collections of religious works of this type, revealing much about our interpretation of the modern church and spirituality. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandements gathered from the mouth of a faithfull pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholler in Cambridge.Plaine and familiar exposition of the Ten CommandmentsTreatise or exposition upon the Ten Commandements grounded upon the scriptures canonicallDod, John, 1549?-1645.Cleaver, Robert, 1561 or 2-ca. 1625.Includes index.Preface signed: R.C. [i.e. Robert Cleaver]Running title: An expostion upon the 10 commandements.Originally pub. in 1603 with title: A treatise or exposition upon the Ten Commandements, grounded upon the scriptures canonicall.Pages numbered on recto only.Errors in paging: p. 45 and 77 numbered 54 and 73 respectively.Signatures: A3, A-Z4, &4, A-Z4, Aa4, Bb2.Imperfect: stained and tightly bound; opening of C1v-C2r in second count lacking in film copy.[14], 92 [i.e. 184