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William Law · 1729 · Book
William Law's masterpiece of Anglican spirituality emerged from his conviction that the Church of England had grown complacent in its pursuit of holiness. Writing in 1729 as a nonjuring clergyman who had…
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Joseph Butler · 1736 · Treatise
Joseph Butler's Analogy of Religion emerged from his concern that deist philosophy was undermining traditional Christian belief among educated English society. Writing as Bishop of Bristol, Butler faced critics who accepted natural…
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Joseph Butler · 1736 · Treatise
A short philosophical essay, appended by Joseph Butler to The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature in 1736. Butler noted in the Advertisement to that…
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George Whitefield · 1737 · Sermon
This sermon emerged from George Whitefield's early ministry as an Anglican priest, delivered when he was just twenty-three years old and already drawing massive crowds throughout Britain. Preached during the opening phase…
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George Whitefield · 1737–1770 · Sermon
George Whitefield's sermons emerged from his revolutionary approach to preaching during the Great Awakening of the eighteenth century. As crowds in parish churches proved insufficient for the masses seeking to hear him,…
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George Whitefield · 1738–1741 · Other
George Whitefield's Journals chronicle the early ministry of the Anglican evangelist who became one of the most prominent figures of the eighteenth-century Great Awakening. Written between 1738 and 1741, these personal accounts…
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George Whitefield · 1739 · Sermon
George Whitefield's "The Almost Christian" is a sermon delivered in 1739 during the early years of the Great Awakening, when the young Anglican evangelist was challenging the spiritual complacency he perceived in…
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William Law · 1739 · Treatise
William Law wrote this treatise in 1739 as a theological companion to his influential "A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life," addressing critics who questioned whether his demanding vision of…
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William Law · 1740 · Treatise
William Law's "An Appeal to All That Doubt" emerged in 1740 as a direct response to the deistic controversies that were challenging orthodox Christianity in eighteenth-century England. Writing at the height of…
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George Whitefield · 1740 · Other
George Whitefield's spiritual autobiography emerged from the evangelical revival sweeping through Britain and its American colonies in the 1730s. Written when Whitefield was just twenty-five and already famous as a preacher, this…
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George Whitefield · 1748 · Book
George Whitefield's collection of eighteen sermons represents the theological heart of the Great Awakening's most prominent evangelist. Published in 1748 during the height of the revival movement, these sermons emerged from Whitefield's…
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Joseph Butler · 1749 · Sermon
This small collection gathers sermons Joseph Butler delivered at various official and civic occasions over the course of his ecclesiastical career, brought together in 1749 when Butler was serving as Bishop of…
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William Law · 1749 · Treatise
William Law's "The Spirit of Prayer" emerged from his mature reflections on the mystical tradition, particularly his encounter with the writings of Jacob Boehme. Published in 1749, this treatise represented Law's attempt…
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William Romaine · 1750–1795 · Book
William Romaine's collected works represent the theological output of one of eighteenth-century England's most influential evangelical Anglican clergymen, spanning nearly five decades of ministry from 1750 to 1795. Writing during the early…
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William Law · 1752 · Treatise
The Spirit of Love stands as William Law's mature theological statement on the nature of divine love and its transformative power in human life. Written in 1752 during the final phase of…
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William Law · 1752 · Treatise
William Law's final major work emerged from his deep engagement with the mystical writings of Jacob Boehme and represents the culmination of his theological development. Writing as an Anglican clergyman who had…
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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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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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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 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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Hannah More · 1766 · Book
Hannah More's debut novel tells the story of a plantation owner who undergoes moral conversion and dedicates his life to reforming society through Christian benevolence. Written when More was just twenty-one, the…
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Edward Harwood · 1768 · Scripture
The Harwood New Testament is a distinctive attempt to render the New Testament in the polished literary English of the eighteenth century. Its scope is limited to the New Testament, translated from…
