Author: Increase MatherPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A Discourse Concerning the Uncertainty of the Times of Men
Author: Increase MatherA discourse concerning the uncertainty of the times of men
Author: Increase MatherA Discourse Concerning the Uncertainty of the Times of Men
Author: Increase MatherThe Cambridge History of American Literature
Author: William Peterfield TrentPublisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 620
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Increase Mather, the Foremost American Puritan
Author: Kenneth Ballard MurdockPublisher:
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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The Cambridge History of American Literature: Colonial and revolutionary literature. Early national literature, pt. I
Author: William Peterfield TrentPublisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God and Other Puritan Sermons
Author: Jonathan EdwardsPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486115682
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Memorable (and sometimes shocking) sermons from the most influential Puritans of the 16th to 18th centuries. Includes works by Jonathan Edwards, Thomas Shepard, Cotton Mather, John Winthrop, Jonathan Mayhew, and 5 other religious leaders.
Martyrs' Mirror
Author: Adrian Chastain WeimerPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199876711
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 229
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Martyrs' Mirror examines the folklore of martyrdom among seventeenth-century New England Protestants, exploring how they imagined themselves within biblical and historical narratives of persecution. Memories of martyrdom, especially stories of the Protestants killed during the reign of Queen Mary in the mid-sixteenth century, were central to a model of holiness and political legitimacy. The colonists of early New England drew on this historical imagination in order to strengthen their authority in matters of religion during times of distress. By examining how the notions of persecution and martyrdom move in and out of the writing of the period, Adrian Chastain Weimer finds that the idea of the true church as a persecuted church infused colonial identity. Though contested, the martyrs formed a shared heritage, and fear of being labeled a persecutor, or even admiration for a cheerful sufferer, could serve to inspire religious tolerance. The sense of being persecuted also allowed colonists to avoid responsibility for aggression against Algonquian tribes. Surprisingly, those wishing to defend maltreated Christian Algonquians wrote their history as a continuation of the persecutions of the true church. This examination of the historical imagination of martyrdom contributes to our understanding of the meaning of suffering and holiness in English Protestant culture, of the significance of religious models to debates over political legitimacy, and of the cultural history of persecution and tolerance.
A free discourse concerning truth and error, especially in matters of religion ... Together with reflections on several authors; but more particularly on the Lord Bishop of Sarum's exposition on the thirty nine articles of the Church of England. Also, a preface containing some brief remarks on the late "Reflections on human learning.".
Author: John EdwardsTransactions of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts
Author: Colonial Society of MassachusettsPublisher:
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Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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