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xvi, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-358) and index. |
| Contents |
Of Plymouth plantation / William Bradford -- To his former parishioners at Terling / Thomas Weld -- "To my dear son" : an autobiography / Thomas Shepard -- A brief history of the church of Christ at Dedham / John Allin -- First principles of the oracles of God / Thomas Shepard -- The gift of free grace through the effectual call / Thomas Hooker -- The sound believer / Thomas Shepard -- A conference held at Boston / John Cotton -- Pray for the rising generation / Increase Mather -- Christian experience / John Winthrop -- Confessions from the churches of Cambridge, Chemsford, and East Windsor -- For my dear son, Simon Bradstreet ; As weary pilgrim / Anne Bradstreet -- A brief account of a strange and unusual providence of God befallen to Elizabeth Knapp of Groton / Samuel Willard -- Christian Charity, a model hereof / John Winthrop -- To Lord Say and Sele 1636 ; An exposition upon the thirteenth chapter of the Revelation / John Cotton -- A little speech on liberty / John Winthrop -- A valedictory and monitory writing / Sarah Goodhue -- Verses addressed to her husband and family / Anne Bradstreet -- The necessity of reformation / Increase Mather -- From A history of New England / John Winthrop -- A short history of the rise, reign, and ruine of Antinomians / John Winthrop, Thomas Weld -- Ill Newes from New-England / John Clarke -- To the Governor of Massachusetts / Roger Williams -- To John Cotton and John Wilson / Richard Saltonstall -- To Sir Richard Saltonstall / John Cotton -- A brief history of the Pequot War / John Mason -- Tears of repentance / John Eliot, Thomas Mayhew -- Indian converts / Experience Mayhew -- The sovereignty & goodness of God / Mary Rowlandson -- The churches resurrection / John Cotton -- The wonder-working providence of Sions Saviour in New-England / Edward Johnson -- A brief recognition of New-England's errand into the wilderness / Samuel Danforth -- The day of trouble is near / Increase Mather. |
| Summary |
[This] is a collection of texts that illuminates the experience of being a Puritan in the New World. The book will be welcomed by all those who are interested in early American literature, religion, and history.-Back cover. |
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Puritans -- New England -- History.
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Puritans -- New England -- History -- Sources.
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Puritans -- New England -- Biography.
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New England -- History -- Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775.
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New England -- History -- Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775 -- Sources.
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New England -- Church history.
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New England -- Church history -- Sources.
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Puritans. (OCoLC)fst01084357
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New England. (OCoLC)fst01241913
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1600-1775
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Church history. (OCoLC)fst01411629
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Sources. (OCoLC)fst01423900
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| Added Author |
Hall, David D.
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| ISBN |
0691114080 (acid-free paper) |
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9780691114088 (acid-free paper) |
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0691114099 (pbk. ; acid-free paper) |
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9780691114095 (pbk. ; acid-free paper) |
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