John Wesley His Puritan Heritage

by Monk, Robert C.

• ISBN13: 9780810836372
• ISBN10: 0810836378
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Summary

Documents and assesses Wesley's broad dependence on Puritan source material by considering selected areas of theological concern shared by Wesley and the Puritans in their application of the gospel to a believer's daily life.

Table of Contents

Editor's Foreword	ix	(2)
Acknowledgments	xi
1 John Wesley and the Puritan Ethos	1	(16)
Wesley's Puritan Connections	2	(1)
What's in a Name? The Meaning of a Word--"Puritan"	3	(2)
Studies Relating Wesley to Puritanism	5	(3)
Wesley's Puritan Ancestry	8	(9)
2 Puritan Authors in Wesley's Publications	17	(16)
A Christian Library	18	(6)
Writings of Puritan Divines in Wesley's General Publications	24	(1)
Wesley's Familiarity with Puritan Materials	25	(8)
3 Wesley's Abridgment of Puritan Literature	33	(16)
Methods of Abridgment	34	(4)
Theological Considerations in Abridgment	38	(11)
4 Theological Foundations: Experience, Justification, Assurance, Covenant	49	(42)
Experience	50	(3)
Justification by Faith	53	(4)
Assurance: Witness of the Spirit	57	(13)
Covenant Theology	70	(21)
5 Theological Foundations: Sanctification and Perfection, Sin in Believers, Final Justification	91	(26)
Sanctification and Perfection	91	(6)
Sin and Repentance in Believers	97	(4)
Final Justification	101	(16)
6 The Nature and Significance of Christian Living	117	(28)
The Printing Press and Christian Instruction	118	(1)
Christian Living	119	(5)
The Direction and Destiny of Christian Living	124	(3)
Holiness: The Design of a Christian Life	127	(3)
Conscience: The Guide to Christian Living	130	(15)
7 Christian Life: The Individual and the Family	145	(24)
Individual or Personal Christian Life	146	(8)
Family Religion	154	(15)
8 Christian Life and the Church	169	(36)
Wesley and Nonconformity	170	(6)
Ordination	176	(5)
The Societies	181	(11)
The Ministry	192	(13)
9 Christian Life within the World	205	(34)
The Individual Christian in His or Her World	206	(8)
Christian Responsibility for Society	214	(9)
Wesley and the Poor	223	(2)
Remedies for Social Ills Offered by the Puritans and by Wesley	225	(5)
Wesley and the Puritan Gentry	230	(1)
Wesley and the Puritan Poor	231	(1)
The Difficuties of Success	232	(7)
Conclusion	239	(8)
Appendix 1: Authors in A Christian Library	247	(8)
Appendix 2: Exemplary Christian Lives in A Christian Library	255	(2)
Select Bibliography	257	(14)
Index of Names	271	(6)
Index of Subjects	277	(6)
About the Author	283