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John Witherspoon · 1776 · Sermon
Delivered on May 17, 1776, just two months before the Declaration of Independence, this sermon by Princeton president John Witherspoon addressed a day of public fasting and prayer proclaimed by the Continental…
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Thomas Boston · 1776 · Book
Thomas Boston's spiritual autobiography stands as one of the most penetrating self-examinations in Scottish Reformed literature. Written during his final years as minister of Ettrick in the Scottish Borders, the work emerged…
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Augustus Toplady · 1776 · Book
Augustus Toplady's collection emerged from his conviction that Reformed churches needed hymns that faithfully expressed Calvinistic doctrine alongside traditional psalm singing. Published in the year of his death, this hymnbook represented Toplady's…
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John Fletcher of Madeley · 1777 · Treatise
John Fletcher's treatise emerged from the heated theological controversies that divided eighteenth-century evangelicalism, particularly the bitter dispute between Calvinists and Arminians over predestination, free will, and the nature of salvation. As John…
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John Brown of Haddington · 1777 · Treatise
John Brown of Haddington's Letters on the Constitution, Government, and Discipline of the Christian Church emerged from the ecclesiastical controversies of eighteenth-century Scottish Presbyterianism. Writing as professor of divinity at the Associate…
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John Brown of Haddington · 1778 · Commentary
John Brown of Haddington's Self-Interpreting Bible emerged from the practical needs of Scottish Presbyterian ministry in the late eighteenth century. Brown, a self-taught scholar who rose from humble origins to become professor…
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Force of Truth The Force of Truth: An Authentic Narrative
Thomas Scott · 1779 · Book
The Force of Truth stands as one of the most compelling spiritual autobiographies of the eighteenth century, chronicling Thomas Scott's transformation from religious skeptic to devoted Christian minister. Scott, who would later…
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John Newton · 1779 · Poem
The Olney Hymns emerged from the pastoral partnership between John Newton, the former slave trader turned Anglican clergyman, and William Cowper, the melancholic poet, during their years together in the small market…
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John Brown of Haddington · 1780 · Treatise
This treatise emerged from John Brown of Haddington's deep concern over the growing acceptance of religious toleration in eighteenth-century Scotland. Writing in 1780, Brown witnessed increasing pressure from Enlightenment thinkers and moderate…
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Thomas Scott · 1780–1820 · Letter
Thomas Scott's correspondence and papers span four decades of Anglican ministry, from his early years as a skeptical curate to his emergence as one of the most influential evangelical leaders of the…
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John Newton · 1780 · Letter
John Newton's Letters and Sermons emerged from his pastoral ministry at Olney and later St. Mary Woolnoth in London, where the former slave trader turned Anglican clergyman shepherded congregations through the spiritual…
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Cardiphonia Cardiphonia: or the Utterance of the Heart
John Newton · 1781 · Letter
Cardiphonia presents a collection of letters written by John Newton to friends, parishioners, and correspondents seeking spiritual guidance during his decades of pastoral ministry. Newton, the former slave trader turned Anglican clergyman…
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John Brown of Haddington · 1782 · Book
John Brown of Haddington's systematic theology emerged from his dual calling as pastor and educator in eighteenth-century Scotland. Written during his tenure as professor of divinity at the Associate Synod's seminary in…
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Hannah More · 1782 · Other
Hannah More's Sacred Dramas emerged from her conviction that the theater could serve moral and religious education rather than merely entertaining audiences with what she considered morally questionable fare. Writing as both…
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Andrew Fuller · 1785 · Treatise
Andrew Fuller's theological treatise emerged from the doctrinal controversies that had paralyzed English Baptist missions in the late eighteenth century. Hyper-Calvinist interpretations of predestination had convinced many ministers that evangelizing the unconverted…
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Messiah Messiah: Fifty Expository Discourses
John Newton · 1786 · Sermon
John Newton's "Messiah: Fifty Expository Discourses" represents the mature preaching ministry of the former slave trader turned Anglican clergyman. Published in 1786 during his tenure at St. Mary Woolnoth in London, these…
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John Rippon · 1787 · Book
John Rippon's "A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors" emerged from the practical needs of Baptist congregational worship in late eighteenth-century England. As pastor of the New Park Street Chapel in…
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Thomas Scott · 1788–1792 · Commentary
Thomas Scott's Commentary on the Holy Bible emerged from his pastoral experience as an Anglican clergyman who had undergone a profound evangelical conversion. Originally published in weekly installments between 1788 and 1792,…
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Holy Bible with Notes The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, according to the Authorized Version; with explanatory notes, practical observations, and copious marginal references
Thomas Scott · 1788–1792 · Commentary
Thomas Scott's comprehensive biblical commentary emerged from his pastoral experience in rural Buckinghamshire parishes during the late eighteenth century. Originally published serially between 1788 and 1792, this work grew out of Scott's…
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Hannah More · 1788 · Treatise
Hannah More's treatise emerged from her growing concern about the moral influence of Britain's upper classes during a period of social upheaval in the late eighteenth century. Writing as the French Revolution…
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George Campbell · 1789 · Scripture
An influential scholarly translation of the four Gospels, issued together with extensive critical dissertations. It works directly from the Greek, taking the Greek Gospels as its base text, and is classed as…
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John Rippon · 1790–1802 · Other
The Baptist Annual Register emerged from John Rippon's recognition that English Baptists needed a shared literary voice and historical record during a period of denominational growth and theological consolidation in the late…
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Hannah More · 1790 · Treatise
Hannah More's pointed treatise emerged from her position within the evangelical wing of the Church of England and her intimate knowledge of London's polite society. Writing at the height of the Georgian…
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Gilbert Wakefield · 1791 · Scripture
The Wakefield New Testament is an independent critical translation associated with late-Enlightenment English biblical scholarship, a period in which individual scholars increasingly issued their own renderings from the Greek rather than working…
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