Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Conventions; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The context o fRestoration nonconformity; 2. Preaching, audience and authority; 3. Scripture, historicism and the critique of authority; 4. The public circulation of the Bartholomean texts; 5. Polemical responses to Bartholomean preaching; 6. Epilogue; 7. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Explores the religious, political and cultural implications of a collision of highly-charged polemic prompted by the mass ejection of Puritan ministers from the Church of England in 1662. This book re-interprets the political significance and moderate and marginalised Puritan clergy posed a credible threat to the restored political order