In pursuit of purity, unity, and liberty : Richard Baxter's Puritan ecclesiology in its seventeenth-century context / by Lim, Paul Chang-Ha

Table of Contents: “…Modern Historiography on Baxter's Baptismal Thought -- III. Context of Baxter's Emerging Baptismal Thought -- IV. …”
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Kith, kin, and neighbors : communities and confessions in seventeenth-century Wilno / by Frick, David A.

Table of Contents: “…Over the quartermaster's shoulder -- The neighbors -- One roof, four walls -- The bells of Wilno -- Speaking, writing, stereotyping -- Birth, baptism, godparenting -- Education and apprenticeship -- Courtship and marriage -- Marital discontents -- Guild house, workshop, guild altar -- Going to law : the language of litigation -- War, occupation, exile, liberation (1655-1661) -- Old age and poor relief -- Death in Wilno -- Epilogue : conflict and coexistence.…”
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Waiting on a spirit of promise : life and theology of suffering of Abraham Cheare / by Hanson, Brian L., Haykin, Michael A. G.

Table of Contents: “…A Letter of Abraham Cheare on Baptism, c. 1648-1658; 5. Abraham Cheare, Sighs for Sion; 6. …”
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John Donne and the Protestant Reformation : new perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…Sellin -- Unmeete contraryes / Catherine Gimelli Martin -- From "Tav" to the cross / Chanita Goodblatt -- Pathopoeia and the Protestant form of Donne's devotions upon emergent occasions / Brent Nelson -- Breaking down the walls that divide / Elena Levy-Navarro -- Reforming baptism / Annette Deschner -- True purification / Maria Salenius -- Not upon a lecture, but upon a sermon / Gale H. …”
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Between Sardis and Philadelphia : the life and world of Pietist court preacher Conrad Bröske / by Shantz, Douglas H.

Table of Contents: “…List of Maps and Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- THE COURT PREACHER -- Family and Student Life, 1660-1682 -- Bröske's Educational Travels, 1683-1686 -- Hofprediger in Offenbach, 1686-1713 : The Life and World of a Late Seventeenth Century German Court Preacher -- The Gospel and Funeral Sermons of Conrad Bröske : A Picture of Innovation and Conformity in Pietist Preaching -- THE PHILADELPHIAN CHILIAST -- Turkish Baptisms in the Ysenburg Court in the 1690s -- Conrad Bröske, Thomas Beverley, and the Coming Millennial Kingdom -- Eight Dialogues between a Politician and a Theologian, 1698-1700 -- CONTROVERSY AND WITHDRAWAL -- Feud with Johann Konrad Dippel, 1700-1702 -- Dispute with the Reformed Preachers in Elberfeld, 1704-1706 -- The Literary Career of Conrad Bröske -- Conclusion -- Appendix One: Conrad Bröske's Autobiography of 1710 -- Appendix Two: Overview of the Bröske-Dippel Feud, 1700-1702 -- Appendix Three: Conrad Bröske's Dispute with the Reformed Preachers in Elberfeld, 1704-1706 -- Appendix Four: Conrad Bröske's Publications and Writings, 1692-1710 -- Bibliography -- Index of Persons and Places.…”
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The clergy of Winchester, England, 1615-1698 : a diocesan ministry in crisis / by Thomson, Andrew, 1938-

Table of Contents: “…Age at DepartureExplanations for Length of Service and Age of Departure; Summary; Part 2: Pluralism; CHAPTER 6 MONEY MATTERS 1: CLERGY INCOMES; Clergy Incomes; Inflation; The Financial Standing of the Parish Clergy; Failure of Reform; Conclusion; CHAPTER 7 MONEY MATTERS 2: WEALTH; Ready Moneys; Property; Personal Estates; Conclusion; CHAPTER 8 FAMILIES AND PHILANTHROPY; Families; Philanthropy; CHAPTER 9 LIFE OF THE CHURCH AT PARISH LEVEL: 1; Baptisms; Marriages; Burials; Communion; Visitations; Clerical Attendance at Visitation; Churchwardens and Visitations; Explanation of the Trends.…”
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Church courts and the people in seventeenth -century England : ecclesiastical justice in peril at Winchester, Worcester and Wells. by THOMSON, ANDREW

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Giles Firmin and the transatlantic Puritan tradition : polity, piety, and polemic / by Pagán, Jonathan Warren

Table of Contents: “…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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The Life and Struggles of Our Mother Walatta Petros : a Seventeenth-Century African Biography of an Ethiopian Woman / by Gälawdewos

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Abbreviations -- Chronology -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to the Text -- An Exemplary Woman, Not an Exception -- The Text's Seventeenth-Century Historical Context -- The Text and Ḥabäša Noblewomen's Anticolonial Role -- The Text's Religious Context -- The Text's Authorship -- The Text's Genres -- The Text's Genres and Its Historical Value -- Other Gǝˁǝz Texts about Walatta Petros -- The Text's Genre and Female Saints -- Scholarship on the Text -- New Directions for Scholarship on the Text -- The Text's Images -- The Biography of Walatta Petros -- The Biography of Ǝḫətä Krəstos -- Conclusion -- Manuscripts of the Text and Earlier Translations -- Introduction to the Translation of the Text -- Manuscript Comparison -- Philological Annotation -- Translation Principles and Procedures -- The Ethiopian Script and Its Transcription -- The Translation of the Life-Struggles of Walatta Petros (Gädlä Wälättä P̣eṭros) -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Author's Worthiness -- Chapter 2: The Author's Petition -- Chapter 3: Our Mother's Conception and Birth -- Chapter 4: Our Mother's Baptism and Childhood -- Chapter 5: Our Mother's Marriage and Children -- Chapter 6: Our Mother Tries to Take up the Holy Life -- Chapter 7: Our Mother's Husband Hunts Her Down -- Chapter 8: Our Mother Returns to Her Husband -- Chapter 9: Our Mother Leaves Her Husband Again -- Chapter 10: Our Mother Leaves Her Brother's House to Become a Nun -- Chapter 11: Our Mother Finds a New Servant -- Chapter 12: Our Mother Meets Her Lifelong Companion Eheta Kristos -- Chapter 13: Our Mother and Eheta Kristos Decide to Live Together and Become Nuns -- Chapter 14: King Susinyos Establishes the Filthy Faith of the Europeans -- Chapter 15: Our Mother Preaches and Incurs the King's Wrath -- Chapter 16: Our Mother Appears Before King Susinyos.…”
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