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Languages : en
Pages : 1102
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House documents
Author: Jonathan Belcher
Author: Michael C. BatinskiPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813162025
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
As early as the eighteenth century, New England's ministers were decrying public morality. Evangelical leaders such as Jonathan Edwards called for rulers to become spiritual as well as political leaders who would renew the people's covenant with God. The prosperous merchant Jonathan Belcher (1682-1757) self-consciously strove to become such a leader, an American Nehemiah. As governor of three royal colonies and early patron of the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University), Belcher became an important but controversial figure in colonial America. In this first biography of the colonial governor, Michael C. Batinski depicts a man unusually riddled with contradictions. While governor of Massachusetts, Belcher deftly maneuvered longstanding rivals toward a political settlement; yet as chief executive of New Hampshire, he plunged into bitter factional disputes that destroyed his administration. The quintessential Puritan, Belcher learned to thrive in London's cosmopolitan world and in the whiggish realm of the marketplace. He was at once the courtier and the country patriot. An insightful blend of social and political history, this biography demands that Belcher be recognized as the embodiment of the Nehemiah, perhaps as important in his own realm as Cotton Mather was in religious circles. Grappling with the contradictions of Belcher's actions, the author explains much about the complexities of the world in which Belcher lived and wielded influence.
Constructing Nineteenth-Century Religion
Author: Joshua KingPublisher:
ISBN: 9780814255292
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Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Examines the ways in which religion was constructed as a category and region of experience in nineteenth-century literature and culture.
Note on the 1672 Edition and the 1675 Volume of the Massachusetts General Laws
Author: Albert MatthewsDefending the King James Bible
Author: D. A. WaitePublisher: Old Paths Publications, Incorporated
ISBN: 9781568480121
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book is now a classic. It has been printed ten times through two editions. It should be in every library, school, seminary, and home. Dr. Waite's work answer's two questions: (1) Which English Bible are we to read, study, memorize, preach from, and use today? (2) Which English Bible can we hold in our hands and say with great confidence, "These are the WORDS OF GOD in English"? He examine's the KING JAMES BIBLE, proving its superiority in four areas: (1) its superior TEXTS; (2) its superior TRANSLATORS; (3) its superior TECHNIQUES; and (4) its superior THEOLOGY.
The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal
Author: Melville Henry Massue marquis de Ruvigny et RainevalPublisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 670
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A History of Matrimonial Institutions Chiefly in England and the United States
Author: George Elliott HowardPublisher:
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Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 500
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Records of the Sheriff Court of Aberdeenshire
Author: Scotland. Sheriff Court (Aberdeenshire, Scotland)Publisher:
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Category : Aberdeenshire (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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The Van Eycks and Their Art
Author: William Henry James WealePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 434
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Historical Records of the Town of Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Author: Theodore Sedgwick GoldPublisher:
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Category : Cornwall (Conn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 418
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