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1 online resource (pages cm.) |
| Series |
Studies in the history of Christian traditions, 1573-5664 ; volume 193 |
| Contents |
Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 "Scholarly and Strangely Courteous Controversies": Firmin's Ecclesiastical Identity in the 1640s and 1650s -- 1 Firmin's Experience to 1651 -- 2 Firmin's "Interpendency" in the Early 1650s -- 3 Growing Presbyterian Identity in the Later 1650s -- 4 Sects, Quakers, and the Power of the Magistrate -- 5 Conclusion -- Chapter 2 "Nor Yet a New-Style Episcopalian": Firmin's Writings in the Early 1660s -- 1 Laudians, Moderates, and the Problem of Re-Ordination |
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2 Gifted Ministers and the Imposition of the Liturgy -- 3 The Solemn League and Covenant, Primitive Episcopacy, and Tyrannical Prelacy -- 4 Conclusion -- Chapter 3 "Truth and the Lambs of God Must be Regarded": Firmin on Effectual Calling, Faith, and Assurance -- 1 The Real Christian in Context -- 2 Preparation for Salvation: against Shepard and Hooker -- 3 Defining Faith: for and against the Rogers and Perkins -- 4 Effectual Calling, Self-Love, and the Glory of God -- 5 Imposing Duties on a "Christian Constituted" -- 6 Conclusion |
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Chapter 4 "What Episcopacy Is It You Mean?" Conscience, Schism, Anti-Popery, and the Edward Stillingfleet Debate -- 1 Erastians and Latitudinarians against Dissenting Schismatics in the 1670s and 1680s -- 2 The Latitudinarians on the Separation and Schism of Dissenters -- 3 Stillingfleet's Polemics in the 1680s -- 4 Dissenting Replies to Stillingfleet and Anglican Polemics -- 5 Firmin's Position vis-a-vis Presbyterian Dissent -- 6 Conclusion -- Chapter 5 "Out of Whose Hive the Quakers Swarm'd": Firmin, Federalists, and Anabaptists in the 1670s and 1680s1 |
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1 Henry Danvers, Thomas Grantham, and the Paedobaptist/Anti-Paedobaptist Debate -- 2 Of Quakerism, Popery, and the Slippery Slope -- 3 Exegetical and Hermeneutical Disputes -- 4 The Matter and Form of Baptism -- 5 Pastoral Concerns -- 6 Conclusion -- Chapter 6 "The Gospel is a Law": Firmin, Free Grace, and Justification in 1690s Context -- 1 The Antinomian Conflict, 1690-1698 -- 1.1 Antinomianism and Polemics -- 1.2 Antinomianism and Neonomianism in the Polemics of the 1690s -- 1.3 Free Grace and Justification, 1690-1694 |
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1.4 Richard Davis, Antinomianism, and the Fragmentation of the Happy Union -- 1.5 Firmin on Justification and Assurance -- 1.6 Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Index |
| Summary |
"The admonition of the John Howe to the Earl of Kildare is a fitting epigram to a book on the life and writings of Giles Firmin (1613/14-1697). The thrust of Firmin's entire corpus of work was to construct forms of visible unity between the factions of the godly"-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Based on the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--Vanderbilt University, 2014, under the title: Polity, piety, and polemic : Giles Firmin and the transatlantic Puritan tradition |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Firmin, Giles, 1614-1697.
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| SUBJECT |
Firmin, Giles, 1614-1697 fast |
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Dissenters, Religious -- England -- Biography
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Dissenters, Religious
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England -- Church history -- 17th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043268
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New England -- Church history -- 17th century
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England
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New England
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Church history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004430051 |
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9004430059 |
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