A Discourse Concerning the Uncertainty of the Times of Men
Author : Increase Mather
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File Size : 11,49 MB
Release : 1697
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Author : Increase Mather
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,49 MB
Release : 1697
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Author : Increase Mather
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Page : 40 pages
File Size : 18,68 MB
Release : 1697
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Author : Increase Mather
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Page : 40 pages
File Size : 33,76 MB
Release : 1697
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Author : William Peterfield Trent
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Page : 620 pages
File Size : 40,24 MB
Release : 1917
Category : American literature
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Author : Kenneth Ballard Murdock
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Page : 522 pages
File Size : 30,64 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Literary Criticism
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Author : William Peterfield Trent
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Page : 616 pages
File Size : 47,55 MB
Release : 1917
Category : American literature
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Author : Jonathan Edwards
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 27,76 MB
Release : 2012-03-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0486115682
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.
Author : Adrian Chastain Weimer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 10,46 MB
Release : 2011-09-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0199876711
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.
Author : John Edwards
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Page : 554 pages
File Size : 37,21 MB
Release : 1701
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Author : Colonial Society of Massachusetts
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Page : 616 pages
File Size : 20,9 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Massachusetts
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