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Joseph Hall · 1612 · Commentary
Joseph Hall's Contemplations represents one of the earliest and most influential works of devotional biblical commentary in the English Reformed tradition. Writing as Bishop of Exeter during the flowering of Anglican theological…
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Lewis Bayly · 1612 · Book
Lewis Bayly's "The Practice of Piety" emerged from the author's pastoral concerns as Bishop of Bangor in early seventeenth-century Wales. Written for ordinary Christians seeking practical guidance in devotional life, this manual…
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Richard Hooker · 1613 · Sermon
These two sermons on Jude's epistle represent Richard Hooker's pulpit ministry during his time as Master of the Temple in London, delivered to the lawyers and students of the Inns of Court…
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Joseph Hall · 1618 · Treatise
Joseph Hall's treatise emerged from the pressing economic questions of early seventeenth-century England, where rapid commercial expansion and new forms of wealth creation challenged traditional Christian understandings of money and trade. Writing…
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George Herbert · 1620 · Poem
Musae Responsoriae stands as George Herbert's spirited Latin verse defense of Anglican liturgical practice against Puritan criticism. Written in 1620 while Herbert was Public Orator at Cambridge University, this collection of forty-one…
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George Herbert · 1623 · Poem
George Herbert wrote this Latin poem on Christ's passion during his years as Public Orator at Cambridge University, before his ordination and English devotional poetry made him famous. The work emerged from…
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John Donne · 1624 · Treatise
John Donne's "Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions" emerged from a near-fatal illness that struck the poet and dean of St. Paul's Cathedral in late 1623. During his convalescence, Donne composed this series of…
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George Herbert · 1627 · Poem
"Memoriae Matris Sacrum" is George Herbert's Latin memorial poem for his mother, Magdalen Herbert, written in 1627 following her death. The work emerged from Herbert's profound grief at losing the woman who…
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Temple The Temple: Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations
George Herbert · 1633 · Poem
The Temple stands as one of the most influential collections of devotional poetry in the English language, written by George Herbert during his brief tenure as rector of Bemerton near Salisbury in…
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John Donne · 1640 · Sermon
LXXX Sermons represents the first major posthumous collection of John Donne's preaching, published nine years after his death as Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral. These eighty sermons, selected by Donne's son from…
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Joseph Hall · 1647 · Treatise
Joseph Hall's "Hard Measure" emerged from his experience of imprisonment and persecution during the English Civil War. Writing as the deposed Bishop of Norwich, Hall composed this treatise while confined to the…
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Jeremy Taylor · 1647 · Treatise
Jeremy Taylor's treatise emerged from the theological chaos of the English Civil War, when competing Presbyterian, Independent, and Anglican factions each claimed exclusive authority over doctrine and church governance. Writing in 1647…
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Joseph Hall · 1648 · Book
Joseph Hall's "Breathings of the Devout Soul" emerged in 1648 as a collection of devotional prayers and meditations, written by the former Bishop of Exeter and Norwich during his final years. Hall…
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Jeremy Taylor · 1650 · Book
Jeremy Taylor's Holy Living and Holy Dying emerged from the collapse of the Anglican establishment during England's civil wars. Writing in 1650 and 1651 while serving as a chaplain in Wales, Taylor…
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Jeremy Taylor · 1650 · Treatise
Jeremy Taylor's treatise on Christian conduct emerged from the upheaval of the English Civil War, when traditional ecclesiastical structures lay in ruins and believers found themselves without reliable pastoral guidance. Writing as…
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Jeremy Taylor · 1651 · Treatise
Jeremy Taylor's treatise on the art of dying well emerged from the devastation of the English Civil War, when death surrounded the Anglican chaplain daily and traditional consolations had been stripped away.…
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George Herbert · 1652 · Treatise
George Herbert's A Priest to the Temple stands as one of the most influential guides to pastoral ministry in the Anglican tradition. Written during Herbert's brief tenure as rector of Bemerton in…
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Jeremy Taylor · 1655 · Book
Jeremy Taylor's "The Golden Grove" emerged in 1655 as a comprehensive manual of devotion for Anglican Christians navigating the spiritual uncertainties of the Commonwealth period. With the Book of Common Prayer suppressed…
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Jeremy Taylor · 1655 · Treatise
Jeremy Taylor's Unum Necessarium, published in 1655, emerged from the turbulent religious landscape of mid-seventeenth-century England, where debates over justification, works, and salvation had fractured not only the broader Christian community but…
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Jeremy Taylor · 1660 · Treatise
Jeremy Taylor's Doctor Dubitantium, subtitled "A Rule of Conscience in All Her General Measures," stands as the most comprehensive work of Anglican casuistry ever written. Composed during the Commonwealth period when Taylor…
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Jeremy Taylor · 1660 · Treatise
Jeremy Taylor's The Worthy Communicant emerged from the liturgical chaos of mid-seventeenth-century England, when decades of Puritan rule had disrupted traditional Anglican sacramental practice. Writing in 1660 as the monarchy and episcopal…
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William Law · 1717 · Letter
William Law's Three Letters to the Bishop of Bangor emerged from one of the most significant theological controversies in eighteenth-century Anglicanism. In 1717, Benjamin Hoadly, Bishop of Bangor, preached a sermon before…
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Joseph Butler · 1726 · Sermon
Joseph Butler preached these fifteen sermons to the lawyers and Chancery officials who worshipped at the Rolls Chapel in London, where he served as Preacher from 1719 until 1726, the year he…
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William Law · 1726 · Treatise
William Law's treatise emerged from his conviction that the Church of England had grown comfortable with nominal Christianity, satisfied with external conformity rather than pursuing the radical transformation that the gospel demands.…
