The holy disciple: Or, the History of Joseph of Arimathea. Wherein is contained a true account of his birth; his parents; his country; his education; his piety; and his begging of Pontius Pilate the body of our blessed Saviour, after his Crucisixion, which he buried in a new Sepulchre of his own. Also, the occasion of his coming to England, where he first preached the Gospel at Glastenbury, in Somersetshire, where is still growing that noted White Thorn, which buds every Christmas-Day in the Morning, blossoms at Noon, and fades at Night, on the Place where he pitched his Staff in the Ground. With a full Relation of his Death and Burial. To which is added, Meditations on the Birth, Life, Death, and Resurrection of our Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ.

Date:

MDCCLXXVII. [1777]