John Wesley His Puritan Heritage

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.

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

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