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Jean-Pierre de Caussade · 1741 · Treatise
Jean-Pierre de Caussade composed these spiritual instructions as dialogues to address the concrete questions that arose in his work as a Jesuit spiritual director in eighteenth-century France. Written for the nuns of…
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John Wesley · 1742 · Treatise
John Wesley wrote this treatise in 1742 as Methodism faced mounting criticism from both the established Church of England and broader English society. Critics accused Methodists of enthusiasm, sectarianism, and theological innovation,…
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Jonathan Edwards · 1742 · Treatise
Jonathan Edwards wrote this treatise in 1742 as both a defense and a critique of the Great Awakening, the powerful religious revival sweeping through New England and the middle colonies. Edwards had…
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John Wesley · 1743 · Treatise
John Wesley penned this treatise in 1743 as a direct response to mounting criticism of the Methodist revival movement. Anglican clergy, magistrates, and educated society had begun characterizing Methodism as enthusiasm—a dangerous…
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Gilbert Tennent · 1743 · Treatise
Gilbert Tennent's "The Examiner Examined" emerged from the heated controversies surrounding the Great Awakening in colonial America. Writing in 1743, Tennent responded to critics who questioned the spiritual legitimacy of the revival…
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John Wesley · 1743 · Treatise
John Wesley wrote this foundational document in 1743 to clarify the purpose and structure of the Methodist societies that had emerged from his evangelical preaching. As the revival movement grew rapidly across…
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Ralph Erskine · 1745 · Treatise
Ralph Erskine's "Faith No Fancy" emerged from the theological controversies that fractured Scottish Presbyterianism in the early eighteenth century. Writing as a leader in the Associate Presbytery, which had separated from the…
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John Wesley · 1745 · Treatise
John Wesley's "A Further Appeal to Men of Reason and Religion" emerged in 1745 as his second major apologetic work defending the Methodist revival against sustained attacks from Anglican clergy and educated…
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Charles Wesley · 1745 · Book
Charles Wesley's "Hymns for the Nativity of Our Lord" emerged from the early Methodist movement's commitment to making theological truth accessible through congregational song. Published in 1745, this collection of eighteen Christmas…
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Charles Wesley · 1745 · Poem
Charles Wesley's collection of 166 hymns on the Eucharist emerged from the heart of the Methodist revival's sacramental spirituality. Published in 1745 during the height of the evangelical awakening, these hymns addressed…
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William Whiston · 1745 · Scripture
Whiston's Primitive New Testament represents an early attempt to recover what its compiler believed to be a more 'primitive' text of the New Testament. Its scope is the New Testament, working from…
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Philip Doddridge · 1745 · Book
Philip Doddridge's The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul emerged from his pastoral work among English Dissenters in the mid-eighteenth century, when Nonconformist communities faced both external persecution and internal…
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Isaac Watts · 1745 · Treatise
Isaac Watts wrote this eschatological treatise in 1745, drawing upon his decades of pastoral experience and theological reflection to address fundamental questions about death, judgment, and eternal destiny that troubled his congregation…
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John Gill · 1746–1748 · Commentary
John Gill's An Exposition of the New Testament stands as one of the most comprehensive Reformed commentaries of the eighteenth century, completed between 1746 and 1748 as the second volume of his…
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John Brown of Haddington · 1746 · Book
John Brown of Haddington composed this catechetical work in 1746 while serving as minister in the Scottish Borders, responding to the widespread spiritual ignorance he encountered among his parishioners. The work emerged…
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Charles Wesley · 1746 · Poem
This collection of hymns emerged from Charles Wesley's deep engagement with the Methodist revival's emphasis on the Holy Spirit's work in Christian experience. Published in 1746, these verses respond to the theological…
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Count Nicolaus Zinzendorf · 1746 · Sermon
These nine sermons represent Count Nicolaus Zinzendorf's mature theological synthesis, delivered publicly in 1746 during a period when his Moravian movement faced scrutiny from both Lutheran and Reformed authorities. Originally preached in…
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John Wesley · 1746 · Sermon
John Wesley's "Sermons on Several Occasions" emerged from his urgent need to establish doctrinal standards for the rapidly expanding Methodist movement. Published first in 1746 and expanded through subsequent volumes, these sermons…
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Jonathan Edwards · 1746 · Treatise
Jonathan Edwards wrote this theological masterpiece in 1746 as pastor of Northampton, Massachusetts, in the aftermath of the Great Awakening's religious revivals. The work emerged from Edwards's urgent need to address the…
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Jonathan Edwards · 1746 · Treatise
The second volume of Jonathan Edwards' collected works brings together his most sustained theological investigations from the height of his intellectual powers in the 1740s and 1750s. This collection emerged from Edwards'…
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Charles Wesley · 1747 · Poem
This collection of hymns emerged from Charles Wesley's pastoral concern for the varied spiritual states within the Methodist revival. Published in 1747 during the height of the evangelical awakening, the work addressed…
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Samuel Davies · 1747–1761 · Letter
This collection preserves the personal and pastoral correspondence of Samuel Davies, the Presbyterian minister who became one of colonial America's most influential evangelical voices during the Great Awakening. Writing from his pastorate…
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Philip Doddridge · 1747 · Book
Philip Doddridge's biography chronicles the dramatic spiritual transformation of Colonel James Gardiner, a Scottish military officer whose dissolute early life gave way to profound Christian conversion and devoted service. Published three years…
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Primitive Physic Primitive Physic: Or, An Easy and Natural Method of Curing Most Diseases
John Wesley · 1747 · Book
John Wesley's medical handbook emerged from his deep concern for the physical welfare of England's poor, who lacked access to physicians and were often exploited by quacks selling expensive remedies. Writing as…
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