Religion and its reformation in America, beginnings to 1730 : an anthology of primary sources / Michael J. Colacurcio and Allison M. Johnson, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Colacurcio, Michael J., editor.

Johnson, Allison M., 1984- editor.

Series:

Documents of Anglophone Christianity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reformation--United States--Sources.

Reformation.

Church history.

United States--Church history--To 1775--Sources.

United States.

Genre:

Church history.

Sources.

Physical Description:

xii, 1117 pages ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, [2020]

Summary:

"Beginning with a brief look at what the European colonists were able to make of indigenous beliefs and practices, and ending in 1730--the year before the first published work of the Rev. Jonathan Edwards-- Religion and Its Reformation in America seeks to highlight the distinguishing features of Christianity in the first century of its life in the colonies that would become the United States.The transplanted Church of England in Virginia, the Catholicism of Maryland, and, later on, the Quaker experience of Pennsylvania are well represented, but the heaviest emphasis falls on the "Puritans" of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Astonishingly, the leaders of a migrant population produced a religious literature that, in both quantity and intellectual acumen, is unmatched in any other colonial venue on record. Drawing on an array of texts written on the Continent, and in some cases on a personal experience of Reformed churches abroad, these so-called Puritans sought a New Church in a providentially provided New England.The general outlines of their story--end-time excitement, the establishment of a radical new ecclesiology (which came to be known as Congregationalism), second- and third-generation confusion and compromise which yet refused to concede that their radicalism had been a mistake--are well known to historians who specialize in this period. Presented here, however, for scholar and student alike, is something approaching a full literary record--not just names and dates and creeds and platforms, but a rich human experience of motive, energy, action, and affect. Religion to be sure, with reform its driving force--but also literature in its best sense, eager to upend prevailing assumptions." -- publisher's description.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: I. Before America

John Smith, from General History of Virginia, 1624

Edward Winslow, from Good News from New England, \G2A

Edward Winslow, from The Glorious Progress of the Gospel Amongst the Indians 1649

Roger Williams, from A Key into the Language of America, 1643

John Eliot, from Indian Dialogues, 1671[online]

II. Before The Pilgrims

Thomas Gates and William Strachey, from The Lawes Divine, Morall andMartiall, 1612

John Smith, from Description of New England, 1616

III. A New Church In A New England

A. Old World Origins

John Calvin, from Institutes of the Christian Religion, 1536

William Perkins, from A Golden Chain, 1591

Religion and Its Reformation in America, Beginnings to 1730

William Perkins, from The Art of Prophesying, 1606 (1592)

Jacobus (James) Arminius, from Examination of Perkins' Treatise on Predestination, 1602 [online]

Jacobus (James) Arminius, from The Synod of Dort, 1619

William Ames, from The Marrow of Theology, 1623

Richard Sibbes, from The Bruised Reed and the Smoking Flax, 1631 [online]

John Eaton, from The Honey-Combe of Free Justification, 1642 [online]

B. A Trial Of Separatism

Robert Browne, from A Treatise of Reformation without Tarrying for Any, 1582

John Robinson, "Dispute with the Arminians" (from Wm Bradford), ca. 1619 [online]

John Robinson, Farewell Sermon (from Wm Bradford), 1620

John Robinson, from "Certain Useful Advertisements," 1620

John Robinson, from A Defense of the Doctrine Propounded by the Synod of "Dort, 1624

John Robinson, fromyl Just and Necessary Apologie, 1625

Francis Higginson, from New England's Plantation, 1630

Robert Cushman, from "Reasons and Considerations Touching the Lawfulness of Removal." 1622

From Mourt's Relation, 1622

Edward Winslow, from Good News from New England, 1624

William Bradford, from Of Plymouth Plantation, 1857 (1608-1648)

Thomas Morton, from The New English Canaan, 1637

The Salem Covenants, 1629, 1636

Michael Metcalfe, Letter to the Town of Norwich, 1636 [online]

C. A Greater Migration

The Charlestown-Boston Covenant, 1632

John Winthrop, from "Christian Experience," 1636

John Winthrop, "Reasons for Forsaking England `V' Farewell," 1629

John Winthrop, from "The Humble Request," 1630 [online]

John Winthrop, from "A Model of Christian Charity," 1630

John Winthrop, from Journal!History of New England, 1630-1649

John Winthrop, from A Short Story of. the Antinomians, 1644

Roger Clapp, from The Memoir of Captain Roger Clapp, 1731 (1640)

Thomas Weld, "Letter to His Former Parishioners," 1632

Roger Williams, from Letter to John Winthrop, 1636

Roger Williams, from The Bloody Tenet of Persecution, 1644

Roger Williams, from The Bloody Tenet Yet More Bloody, 1652

Thomas Hooker, from The Poor Doubting Christian, 1629

Thomas Hooker, from The Application of Redemption, 1656 (1636-1638)

Thomas Hooker, from The Soul's Ingrafting, 1637

Thomas Shepard, from Autobiography (and Journal), 1832 (1639)

Thomas Shepard, from Lay Narratives, 1637-1648

Thomas Shepard, from The Sound Believer, 1652 (1634

1635)

Thomas Shepard, from Parable of the Ten Virgins, 1660 (1636-1638)

Thomas Shepard, from Preface to Defense of the Answer, 1648

Peter Bulkeley, from The Gospel Covenant, 1646, 1651

John Allin, from "A Brief History of the Dedham Church," 1638

John Cotton, from A Brief Exposition of the Whole Book of Canticles, 1642 (1621-1623)

John Cotton, from The Way of Life, 1641

John Cotton, from Christ the Fountain of Life, 1651

John Cotton, from "God's Promise to His Plantations," 1630

John Cotton, from The New Covenant, 1654 (1635-1636)

John Cotton, from Mr. Cotton's Rejoinder, 1637

John Cotton, from The Bloody Tenet Washed, 1647

John Cotton, from The Church's Resurrection, 1642

John Wheelwright, from "A Fast-Day Sermon," 1637

John Wheelwright, from Mercurius Americanus, 1645

From The Trials of Anne Hutchinson, Civil Trial, 1637

From The Trials of Anne Hutchinson, Church Trial, 1638

Nathaniel Ward, from The Simple Cobbler of Aggawam, 1645

John Norton, from Abel Being Dead Yet Speaketh, 1658

John Norton, from The Orthodox Evangelist, 1654

John Norton, from "Sion the Outcast Healed of Her Wounds," 1661

John Davenport, from The Saints Anchor-Hold, 1661

Edward Johnson, from The Wonder-Working Providence of Sion's Savior, 1654

From the Bay Psalm Book [Officially, The Whole Book of Psalms, Faithfully Translated.], 1640

Anne Bradstreet, from "Contemplations"

Anne Bradstreet, from The Tenth Muse, 1650

Anne Bradstreet, from Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning, 1678

Anne Bradstreet, "To My Dear Children," 1867

Anne Bradstreet, from "Meditations Divine and Moral," 1867

Anne Bradstreet, ". Some Verses Upon the Burning of Our House, 1666," 1867

Anne Bradstreet, "As Weary Pilgrim, Now at Rest," 1867

William Hooke, from "New England's Tears for Old England's Fears," 1640

D. Congregationalist Orthodoxy

John Cotton, from Letter to Salem, 1636

John Cotton, from Letter to the Lord Say and Sele, 1636

John Cotton, from Keys to the Kingdom, 1644

Thomas Hooker, from Survey of the Summe, 1645

Samuel Gorton, from Simplicities Defense, 1646

From The Childe Petition, 1646

From The Cambridge Platform, 1646-1648

John Norton, from Responsio, 1648

John Norton, from The Heart of New England Rent, 1659

John Clarke, From "111 News from New England," 1652

Roger Williams, "To the Governor of Massachusetts Protesting the Baptists' Treatment," 1651

IV. After Zion, What?

From Result of the Half-Way Synod, 1662

Increase Mather, from "An Apologetical Preface," 1662

John Davenport, from "Another Essay," 1662

Jonathan Mitchell, from An Answer to the Apologetical Preface, 1662

Richard Mather, from "A Defence of the Answer and Arguments of the Synod Met at Boston in the Year 1662," 1662

Michael Wigglesworth, from "The Day of Doom," 1662

Michael Wigglesworth, from "God's Controversy with New England," 1662

Jonathan Mitchell, from "Nehemiah on the Wall," 1667

William Stoughton, from "New England's True Interest," 1668

Nathaniel Morton, from New England's Memorial, 1669

William Hubbard, from "The Happiness of a People," 1676

William Hubbard, from General History of New England, 1680 [online]

Increase Mather, from The Mystery of Israel's Salvation, 1669

Increase Mather, from "The Day of Trouble Is Near," 1674

Increase Mather, from A Brief History of. King Philip's War, 1676 [online]

Increase Mather, from "A Call to the Rising Generation," 1678

Increase Mather, from The Necessity of Reformation, 1679 [online]

Increase Mather, from An Essay for the Recording of Illustrious Providences, 1684

Increase Mather, from The Order of the Gospel, 1700

Urian Oakes, from "New England Pleaded With," 1673 [online]

Urian Oakes, from "The Sovereign Efficacy of Divine Providence," 1677

Samuel Danforth, from "New England's Errand into the Wilderness," 1670

Thomas Shepard, Jr., from "Eye-Salve," 1672

Mary White Rowlandson, from Narrative of Her Captivity and Redemption, 1682

John Williams, from The Redeemed Captive, 1707

Samuel Willard, from "The Only Sure Way to Prevent Threatened Calamity," 1682

Samuel Willard, from "The Character of a Good Ruler," 1694 [online]

Samuel Willard, from The Peril of the Times Displayed, 1700 [online]

Samuel Willard, from A Complete Body of Divinity, 1726 (1687-1707)

Edward Taylor, "Upon the Sweeping Flood," 1683

Edward Taylor, "Upon a Wasp Chilled" [online]

Edward Taylor, "Huswifery" [online]

Edward Taylor, "The Ebb and Flow"

Edward Taylor, "Upon Wedlock and the Death of Children"

Edward Taylor, from Gods Determinations Touching His Elect, 1682

Edward Taylor, from Preparatory Meditations

Edward Taylor, from Treatise Concerning the Lord's Supper, 1694

Edward Taylor, II, from Christographia, 1701-1703 [online]

Edward Taylor, from Upon the Types of the Old Testament, 1693

From "Result" of the Reforming Synod of 1679

Joshua Scottow, from A Narrative of the Planting of the New England Colony, 1694

Cotton Mather, from Election Sermon, 1689 [online]

Cotton Mather, from Wonders of the Invisible World, 1693

Cotton Mather, from Magnalia Christi Americana, 1702 (1698)

Robert Calef, from More Wonders of the Invisible World, 1700

Samuel Sewall, from Diary, 1674-1729

Samuel Sewall, from Phaenomena Quaedam Apocalyptica, 1697

Samuel Sewall, from "The Selling of Joseph," 1700

Solomon Stoddard, I, from The Safety of Appearing in the Righteousness of Christ, 1687 [online]

Solomon Stoddard, from The Doctrine of the Instituted Churches, 1700

V. Other Regions, Other Voices

A. Virginia

James Blair, from Our Savior's Divine Sermon on the Mount, 1722

Francis Makemie, from A Good Conversation, 1707 [online]

Francis Makemie, from Narrative of the New and Unusual American Imprisonment of Two Presbyterian Ministers, 1707

Robert Beverley, from The History and Present State of Virginia, 1705

William Byrd II, from The Secret Diary, 1709ff

William Byrd II, from The History of the Dividing Line, 1728ff. [online]

B. Maryland

Andrew White, from A Relation of Maryland, 1635

An Act Concerning Religion, 1649

C. Pennsylvania And New Jersey

Contents note continued: From The Concession and Agreement of the Lords Proprietors of New Caesarea, or New Jersey, 1664

George Keith, from Some Reasons and Causes of the Late Separation, 1692 [online]

William Penn, from Primitive Christianity in the Faith and Practice of the People Called Quakers, 1696

Robert Barclay, from An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, 1703

George Fox, from A Journal, or Historical Account ofthe Work of the Ministry, 1709

Jonathan Dickinson, from A Sermon Preached at the Opening of the Synod at Philadelphia, 1722

Theodore Frelinghuysen, from A Clear Demonstration, 1731

D. New Amsterdam

Jonas Michaelius, from Letter to Smoutius, 1628

VI. End Of An Era

The Brattle Street Church Manifesto, 1699

Benjamin Colman, from Gospel Order Revived, 1700

Benjamin Colman, from Practical Discourses upon the Parable of the Ten Virgins, 1707

Massachusetts Proposals, 1705

Benjamin Colman, from "A Sermon for the Reformation of Manners," 1716 [online]

Benjamin Colman, from "Some Observations on the New Method of Receiving the Small-Pox" 1721 [online]

Saybrook Platform of Connecticut, 1708

Solomon Stoddard, from An Appeal to the Learned, 1710

Solomon Stoddard, from "The Efficacy of the Fear of Hell," 1713 [online]

Solomon Stoddard, from "The Defects of Preachers Reproved," 1723 [online]

Jonathan Wise, from The Churches Quarrel Espoused, 1710 [online]

Jonathan Wise, from Vindication ofthe. New England Churches, 1717

Cotton Mather, from Bonifacius, 1710

Cotton Mather, from The Christian Philosopher, 1721

Cotton Mather, from Manuductio Ad Ministerium, 1726 [online]

Revisionism and Immaterialism at Yale

Samuel Johnson, from "My Present Thoughts on Episcopacy," 1719

Samuel Johnson, from Noetica, 1752

Jonathan Edwards, from "Notes on the Mind," 17l6ff

Benjamin Franklin, from "A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity," 1725

Benjamin Franklin, from Autobiography, 1771ff

Thomas Prince, from "The People of New England," 1730.

ISBN:

9781602583016

1602583013

OCLC:

1158188307

Publisher Number:

99987130121