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Richard Challoner · 1750 · Scripture
Undertaken by the English Catholic bishop Richard Challoner in the mid-eighteenth century, this revision transformed the very Latinate Douay-Rheims into the form familiar to generations of English-speaking Catholics. It covers the complete…
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Charles Wesley · 1750 · Poem
Charles Wesley's "Hymns for New-Year's Day" emerged from the Methodist movement's practice of marking temporal transitions as occasions for spiritual renewal. Published in 1750 during the height of Wesley's hymn-writing career, this…
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William Romaine · 1750–1795 · Book
William Romaine's collected works represent the theological output of one of eighteenth-century England's most influential evangelical Anglican clergymen, spanning nearly five decades of ministry from 1750 to 1795. Writing during the early…
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Ebenezer Erskine · 1750–1780 · Book
This collection preserves the complete preaching ministry of Ebenezer Erskine, the eighteenth-century Scottish minister who became the founding father of the Associate Presbytery and the Secession Church. Erskine's works emerged from the…
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Samuel Davies · 1751 · Treatise
Samuel Davies composed this treatise in 1751 as both a defense and a report, addressing the precarious position of Presbyterian congregations in colonial Virginia. Writing during a period when the established Anglican…
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Samuel Davies · 1752 · Poem
Samuel Davies published this collection of devotional verse during his ministry as a Presbyterian evangelist in colonial Virginia, where he served scattered communities of dissenters in a region dominated by the established…
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William Law · 1752 · Treatise
The Spirit of Love stands as William Law's mature theological statement on the nature of divine love and its transformative power in human life. Written in 1752 during the final phase of…
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William Law · 1752 · Treatise
William Law's final major work emerged from his deep engagement with the mystical writings of Jacob Boehme and represents the culmination of his theological development. Writing as an Anglican clergyman who had…
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John Witherspoon · 1753 · Essay
John Witherspoon's "Ecclesiastical Characteristics" emerged from the heated divisions within the Church of Scotland during the mid-eighteenth century. Writing as a leader of the Popular party against the Moderate party's control of…
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Gerhard Tersteegen · 1753 · Letter
Gerhard Tersteegen's spiritual correspondence represents one of the most significant collections of devotional letters in German Pietist literature. Writing from his quiet retreat in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Tersteegen maintained an extensive…
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John Brown of Haddington · 1754 · Book
John Brown of Haddington wrote this devotional manual in 1754 as a practical guide for Reformed Christians seeking to cultivate spiritual awareness in daily life. Brown, a Scottish minister and biblical scholar…
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Jonathan Edwards · 1754 · Book
Edwards wrote this treatise in response to mounting Arminian challenges to Reformed doctrine in colonial New England, particularly the arguments of Daniel Whitby and Thomas Chubb who claimed that moral responsibility required…
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Ralph Erskine · 1754 · Poem
Ralph Erskine's Scripture Songs emerged from his pastoral ministry in the Scottish Secession Church during the early eighteenth century, when congregational singing remained a contentious issue among Presbyterian churches. Writing as both…
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John Wesley · 1755 · Commentary
John Wesley's Explanatory Notes on the New Testament emerged from his conviction that ordinary Christians needed direct access to Scripture without the mediation of complex theological systems. Published in 1755 during the…
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John Wesley · 1755 · Scripture
An important early Methodist revision of the English New Testament, associated with John Wesley and the eighteenth-century evangelical revival out of which Methodism grew. Its scope is limited to the New Testament,…
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Philip Doddridge · 1755 · Book
Philip Doddridge's hymnal emerged from his pastoral work at Castle Hill Meeting in Northampton, where he served as minister to an independent Dissenting congregation from 1729 until his death in 1751. Published…
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John Fletcher of Madeley · 1755–1785 · Letter
John Fletcher's spiritual correspondence emerged from his pastoral ministry in the coal-mining parish of Madeley, Shropshire, where he served for twenty-five years until his death in 1785. As John Wesley's designated theological…
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Samuel Davies · 1755 · Sermon
This sermon was preached by Samuel Davies to the Hanover County militia in Virginia on August 17, 1755, during the early stages of the French and Indian War. Davies, a prominent Presbyterian…
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John Witherspoon · 1756 · Treatise
John Witherspoon's "An Essay on Justification" emerged from the theological controversies that swept through Scottish Presbyterianism in the mid-eighteenth century. Written in 1756 while Witherspoon served as minister at Beith, this treatise…
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John Witherspoon · 1757 · Treatise
John Witherspoon's treatise emerged from the heated debates over theatrical entertainment that divided American Presbyterian communities in the mid-eighteenth century. Writing as a minister in colonial New Jersey before his appointment as…
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Samuel Davies · 1758 · Sermon
Samuel Davies preached this sermon on August 17, 1758, as Virginia militias prepared to march against French forces and their Native American allies during the French and Indian War. As both a…
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Jonathan Edwards · 1758 · Treatise
Jonathan Edwards wrote this theological treatise in the final years of his life as a comprehensive response to the growing influence of liberal theological ideas, particularly those of English theologian John Taylor,…
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Samuel Davies · 1758 · Sermon
Samuel Davies preached this sermon in colonial Virginia during the height of the Great Awakening, addressing a congregation that included both children and their parents. As one of the leading Presbyterian ministers…
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Samuel Davies · 1758 · Book
Samuel Davies preached these sermons during his ministry in Hanover County, Virginia, from 1747 to 1759, when he served as pastor to Presbyterian congregations in the midst of the Great Awakening's southern…
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