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Geoffrey F. Nuttall establishes the primacy of the doctrines of the
Holy Spirit in seventeenth-century English Puritanism and
demonstrates the continuity of the Reformation tradition from the
more conservative views of Luther to the more radical
interpretations of the Quakers. Nuttall illuminates prominent
spokesmen, including Richard Sibbes, Richard Baxter, John Owen,
Walter Cradock, Morgan Llwyd, and George Fox.
In a new Introduction, Peter Lake discusses the relevance of
Nuttall's book to, and its influence on, major works in
seventeenth-century English history written since 1946.
The correspondence of the Puritan divine Richard Baxter is an
unusually rich source of evidence for 17th century history, in
particular for the period's involved ecclesiastical history and its
intellectual, cultural, and bibliographical tastes, as well as for
Baxter himself. The 1250 or so extant letters, spanning 1638-1691
and varying in length from brief notes to mini-treatises, are
exchanged with a very wide range of correspondents and touch on a
great variety of topics, from pastoral advice and theological
controversy to current political afffairs and legislation. The
great majority of the letters, often undated and unattributed, have
never been published. The present Calendar makes the substance of
the correspondence fully available for the first time. The
chronological sequence of letters is established, correspondents
are identified with full biographical information, and the occasion
and essential subject of every letter indicated. In the great
majority of cases detailed summaries are given, often with
extensive quotation verbatim; and all persons, books, and other
matters of fact mentioned in the letters are glossed and annotated.
There are also indexes of persons, of places, and of Baxter's
works. In the course of annotation and contextualization, the
Calendar frequently corrects or expands standard reference works,
while the letters themselves often supply previously unknown
information about the period.
The correspondence of the Puritan divine Richard Baxter (1615-1691)
is an unusually rich source of evidence for seventeenth-century
history, in particular for the period's involved ecclesiastical
history and its intellectual, cultural, and bibliographical tastes,
as well as for Baxter himself. The 1250 or so extant letters,
spanning 1638-1696 and varying in length from brief notes to
mini-treatises, are exchanged with a very wide range of
correspondents and touch on a great variety of topics, from
pastoral advice and theological controversy to current political
affairs and legislation. The great majority of the letters, often
undated and unattributed, have never been published. The present
Calendar makes the substance of the correspondence fully available
for the first time. The chronological sequence of the letters is
established, correspondents are identified with full biographical
information, and the occasional and essential subject of every
letter is indicated. In the great majority of cases detailed
summaries are given, often with extensive quotation verbatim; and
all persons, books, and other matters of fact mentioned in the
letters are glossed and annotated. There are also indexes of
persons, of places, and of Baxter's works. In the course of
annotation and contextualization, the Calendar frequently corrects
or expands standard reference works, while the letters themselves
often supply previously unknown information about the period.
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