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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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Gilbert Tennent · 1758 · Book
Gilbert Tennent's collection of sermons emerged from his role as one of the most influential preachers of the Great Awakening in colonial America. A Presbyterian minister trained at the Log College founded…
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Charles Wesley · 1759 · Book
Charles Wesley's "Funeral Hymns" emerged from the heart of eighteenth-century Methodist pastoral care, when death was an ever-present reality and congregational singing served as both theological instruction and spiritual comfort. Published in…
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William Romaine · 1759 · Sermon
This sermon by William Romaine addresses the fundamental question of how believers can face death with confidence rather than terror. Preached in 1759 during his ministry at St. Dunstan-in-the-West, London, the work…
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John Newton · 1760–1807 · Letter
John Newton's letters span nearly five decades of pastoral correspondence, written primarily during his years as curate of Olney and rector of St. Mary Woolnoth in London. A former slave trader transformed…
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William Law · 1760 · Treatise
William Law's treatise on justification emerged in 1760 as part of his later theological development, when the former high church Anglican had moved beyond his earlier rigoristic writings toward a more mystical…
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Gerhard Tersteegen · 1760–1762 · Sermon
Gerhard Tersteegen's Geistliche Reden (Spiritual Discourses) emerged from his pastoral work among the Reformed Pietist communities of the Lower Rhine region during the mid-eighteenth century. These sermons, delivered primarily to small gatherings…
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William Romaine · 1761 · Sermon
William Romaine's twelve sermons emerged from his conviction that the Church of England had lost sight of the gospel's distinctiveness from moral law. Preaching at St. Dunstan-in-the-West and other London pulpits during…
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Charles Wesley · 1762 · Book
Charles Wesley's Short Hymns represents one of the most ambitious hymnographic projects of the eighteenth century: a systematic effort to create devotional songs for nearly every passage of Scripture. Published in 1762…
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Philip Doddridge · 1763 · Treatise
A Course of Lectures on Pneumatology, Ethics, and Divinity emerged from Philip Doddridge's seventeen years of teaching at the dissenting academy in Northampton, where he trained ministers for non-conformist churches. Published posthumously…
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Augustus Toplady · 1763 · Poem
Augustus Toplady's "Rock of Ages" emerged from the heated theological controversies of eighteenth-century England, where Calvinist and Arminian factions within Anglicanism fought bitterly over questions of grace, election, and human agency in…
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John Wesley · 1763 · Treatise
John Wesley's natural theology treatise emerged from his conviction that the study of nature could strengthen Christian faith rather than threaten it. Written during the Enlightenment's flowering, when scientific discovery was reshaping…
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John Newton · 1764 · Book
John Newton's "An Authentic Narrative" stands as one of the most compelling spiritual autobiographies of the eighteenth century, written by a man whose life journey from slave trader to Anglican clergyman embodied…
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Anthony Purver · 1764 · Scripture
Often referred to simply as the Quaker Bible, the Purver Bible was the first complete English Bible translated by a member of the Society of Friends, and it stands among the notable…
