The saints everlasting rest: or, A treatise of the blessed state of the saints in their enjoyment of God in glory. Wherein is shewed its excellency and certainty; the misery of those that lose it; the way to attain it, and assurance of it; and how to live in the continual delightful foretasts of it, by the help of meditation
Richard Baxter's 1651 devotional treatise, printed in London for Thomas Underhill and Francis Tyton, addressed to Christian readers seeking assurance of heaven. The four pictures are woodcut decorative initial letters, each a large capital I or T enclosed in dense strapwork, scrolls, leaves and interlace, with hatched shading. A designer could take from them ready-made frames for drop caps, with bold black-and-white contrast and flowing vine ornament.
