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1 online resource (394 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Brill''s Series in Church History and Religious Culture
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Brill's series in church history ; d. 68.
1572-4107
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Preface; Part 1 Historical Method and Background; 1 Historiographical Introduction, Methodology, Hypothesis, and Structure; 1.1 Another Study on English Puritanism? Historiographical Justification; 1.2 Methodology, Hypothesis, and Structure; 1.2.1 Narrative and Metanarrative; 1.2.2 Structure; 1.3 Summary; 2 Seventeenth-Century Background; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Political, Religious, Social, and Theological Contexts; 2.2.1 The Early English Reformation (1534-53); 2.2.2 Marian England (1553-58); 2.2.3 The Elizabethan Period (1558-1603); 2.2.4 The Early Stuart Period (1603-42). |
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2.2.5 The English Revolution (1640-60)2.2.6 The Later Stuart Restoration (1660-89); 2.3 Theological Strains within Stuart Puritanism; 2.3.1 Precisianist Strain; 2.3.2 Mystical Strain; 2.3.3 Antinomian Strain; 2.3.4 Neonomian Strain; 2.4 Conclusion; Part 2 Puritans; 3 John Downame (1571-1652); 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Social Contexts; 3.3 Downame's Writings in Historical Context; 3.3.1 The Christian Warfare (1604-18, 1612, 1634); 3.3.2 A Guide to Godlynesse (1622, 1629); 3.3.3 Lectvres Vpon the Fovre First Chapters of the Prophecie of Hosea (1608); 3.3.4 A Briefe Concordance of the Bible (1630. |
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Repr. 1631-90)3.3.5 Annotations upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1645, 1651, 1657-58); 3.3.6 The Summe of Sacred Divinitie (c.1620); 3.3.7 A Body of Divinitie (1645); 3.4 Downame's Theology in Historical Context; 3.4.1 Doctrine of God and Humanity; 3.4.2 Predestination and Assurance; 3.4.3 Covenant of Works and Grace; 3.4.4 Justification and Sanctification; 3.4.5 Law and Gospel; 3.4.6 Christian Life and Piety; 3.5 Conclusion; 4 Francis Rous (1580/81-1659); 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Social Contexts; 4.3 Rous's Writings in Historical Context; 4.3.1 The Heavenly Academy (1638, 1656. |
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Latin 1655, 1674)4.3.2 The Great Oracle (1641; 1656; Latin, 1655, 1674); 4.3.3 The Mystical Marriage, Or, Experimental Discoveries of the Heavenly Marriage between a Soul and Her Savior (1631, 1635, 1653-56; Latin, 1655, 1674); 4.4 Rous's Theology in Historical Context; 4.4.1 Doctrine of God and Humanity; 4.4.2 Predestination and Assurance; 4.4.3 Covenant of Works and Grace; 4.4.4 Justification and Sanctification; 4.4.5 Law and Gospel; 4.4.6 Christian Life and Piety; 4.5 Conclusion; 5 Tobias Crisp (1600-42/3); 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Social Contexts. |
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5.3 Crisp's Writings in Historical Context5.3.1 Christ Alone Exalted: Being the Compleat Works of Tobias Crisp, D.D. Containing XLII Sermons on Several Select Texts of Scriptures (1690); 5.4 Crisp's Theology in Historical Context; 5.4.1 Doctrine of God and Humanity; 5.4.2 Predestination and Assurance; 5.4.3 Covenant of Works and Grace; 5.4.4 Justification and Sanctification; 5.4.5 Law and Gospel; 5.4.6 Christian Life and Piety; 5.5 Conclusion; Part 3 Unity in Diversity; 6 Unitas within Diversitas: Downame, Rous, and Crisp; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Reformed Unity and Diversity. |
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6.3 Reformed Unity and Diversity within Puritanism. |
| Summary |
In Unity in Diversity, Randall J. Pederson critiques current trends in the study of Puritanism, and proposes a different path for defining Puritanism, centered on unitas and diversitas , by looking at John Downame, Francis Rous, and Tobias Crisp. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Puritans -- England -- History -- 17th century.
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Puritans. |
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England. |
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History. |
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17th century |
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England -- Church history -- 17th century.
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Church history. |
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1600-1699 |
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Electronic books.
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Church history.
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History.
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Print version: Pederson, Randall J. Unity in Diversity : English Puritans and the Puritan Reformation, 1603-1689. Leiden : BRILL, ©2014 9789004278509 |
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9789004278516 (electronic book) |
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9004278516 (electronic book) |
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