The life and age of man: Stages of man's life, from the cradle to the grave; wherein all Christians may behold their frail nature, and the miseries that attend a sinful life. Set forth in an alphabetical poem
Printed in four columns divided by curvilinear lines within border of type ornaments. At center large wood-engraving of nine steps representing ages ten years apart, with a boy or man of appropriate age and an emblematic animal on each step; beneath steps scene of man being served food and drink by devil while advisers turn away, captioned: Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Contains three untitled poems, including one with each stanza beginning with successive letter of alphabet. Colophon below lower border: John Metcalf, Book & Job Printer, Northampton, Mass. Suggested publication date from internal evidence.
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