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Isaac Watts · 1734 · Book
Reliquiae Juveniles, or "Youthful Remains," is Isaac Watts's collection of his earliest poems and hymns, written during his youth but published in 1734 near the end of his life. The volume preserves…
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Thomas Boston · 1734 · Treatise
Thomas Boston's systematic treatise emerged from his pastoral work in the Scottish Borders and his deep engagement with the Westminster Standards during the early eighteenth century. Writing as both theologian and shepherd,…
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John Gill · 1735–1738 · Treatise
John Gill's massive four-part treatise emerged from the heated theological controversies of early eighteenth-century England, where Arminian theology was gaining ground among Dissenters and challenging traditional Calvinist orthodoxy. Published between 1735 and…
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Gilbert Tennent · 1735 · Sermon
This sermon represents Gilbert Tennent's contribution to the theological ferment of the Great Awakening, delivered during the height of his evangelistic ministry in the mid-1730s. As one of the leading Presbyterian revivalists…
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Gilbert Tennent · 1735 · Sermon
Gilbert Tennent delivered this thunderous sermon during the height of the Great Awakening, when religious revival was sweeping through the American colonies but meeting fierce resistance from established clergy and comfortable congregations.…
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Gerhard Tersteegen · 1735 · Treatise
Gerhard Tersteegen's "Der frommen Lotterie" (The Pious Lottery) emerged from the German Pietist movement's emphasis on personal devotion and mystical experience within Reformed Christianity. Writing in 1735, Tersteegen created this treatise as…
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Ebenezer Erskine · 1736 · Sermon
This sermon by Ebenezer Erskine takes its title and text from Isaiah 42:3, where the suffering servant "shall not break a bruised reed, and the smoking flax shall he not quench." Preached…
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Philip Doddridge · 1736 · Sermon
Philip Doddridge's "Ten Sermons on the Power and Grace of Christ" emerged from his pastoral ministry at Castle Hill Meeting in Northampton during the 1730s, a period when English Dissenting congregations faced…
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Thomas Boston · 1737 · Treatise
Thomas Boston's treatise emerged from his pastoral work in the Scottish Borders, where he observed countless parishioners struggling with afflictions that seemed to mar their earthly happiness. Writing in the tradition of…
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Jonathan Edwards · 1737 · Treatise
Jonathan Edwards wrote this detailed account of the religious revival that swept through his congregation in Northampton, Massachusetts, and the surrounding Connecticut River Valley between 1734 and 1735. Originally composed as a…
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Ebenezer Erskine · 1738 · Sermon
This sermon emerged from Ebenezer Erskine's pastoral ministry during the theological upheavals of eighteenth-century Scottish Presbyterianism. Preached in 1738, it addressed believers struggling with doubt about their salvation amid the doctrinal controversies…
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George Whitefield · 1738 · Sermon
This sermon by George Whitefield takes Genesis 3:15 as its text, preached during the early phase of the Great Awakening when Whitefield was establishing himself as one of the most powerful evangelical…
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Philip Doddridge · 1739–1756 · Commentary
Philip Doddridge's monumental commentary emerged from his work as pastor and educator in eighteenth-century Northampton, where he sought to make careful biblical interpretation accessible to ordinary Christian families. Published in six volumes…
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Gilbert Tennent · 1740 · Sermon
Gilbert Tennent delivered this explosive sermon at Nottingham, Pennsylvania on March 8, 1740, during the height of the Great Awakening. The sermon emerged from fierce conflicts between revival supporters and their critics…
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Jonathan Edwards · 1741 · Sermon
This sermon emerged from Jonathan Edwards's urgent need to defend the Great Awakening against its critics in 1741. As revival swept through New England, bringing dramatic conversions and intense religious experiences, opponents…
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Isaac Watts · 1741 · Treatise
Isaac Watts composed this systematic guide to intellectual development as a practical manual for students and ministers seeking to cultivate their reasoning faculties. Writing from his experience as a Dissenting academy tutor…
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Gilbert Tennent · 1741 · Treatise
Gilbert Tennent's "Remarks upon a protestation" emerged from the heated controversies surrounding the Great Awakening in colonial America. Written in 1741, this treatise responds directly to criticism from the Philadelphia Presbytery regarding…
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Jonathan Edwards · 1741 · Sermon
Jonathan Edwards preached this sermon in Enfield, Connecticut, on July 8, 1741, during the height of the Great Awakening. The congregation had remained largely unmoved by the revival sweeping through New England,…
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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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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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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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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…
