A Holy Commonwealth was written in 1659 by the Puritan minister Richard Baxter (1615-91), and is a candid confession as to why a conservative Puritan fought for Parliament in the Civil War and gave his support to the Cromwells. Baxter publicly repudiated the work in 1670, and in 1683 the Oxford University authorities ordered it to be part of a book-burning that included the works of Hobbes and Milton. This modern edition makes available the work's unique perspective on the relation between Church and magistrate and the origins of the English Civil War.
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"Lamont's edition of 'A Holy Commonwealth' judiciously extracts the substance of the full work, including, for the first time in a modern edition, all of the three hundred eighty theses as well as those explanatory comments which contain new material....For the first time, students have access to the full range of Baxter's arguments without having to wade through the original, parts of which are redundant. The result is brilliant." Richard Greaves, Church History
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Written in 1659 by the Puritan minister (1615-91) who publicly repudiated the work in 1670, this modern edition of a controversial text represents a candid confession as to why a conservative Puritan fought for Parliament in the Civil War and gave his support to the Cromwells.
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There are men inhabiting the earth. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
publike worship, soveraign power, major vote, holy commonwealth, secundum quid, peoples consent, common safety Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Law of God, Gods Laws, Laws of God, Divine Common-wealth, Officer of God, Another Prerogative, Raign of Christ, Universal Laws, Christian Common-wealth, Christian Religion, Heathen Magistrates, House of Commons, Kingdom of God, Pastors of the Church, God of Heaven, Gods Word, Inferiour Magistrates, Parliaments Cause, Soveraignty of God New!
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There are men inhabiting the earth. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
publike worship, soveraign power, major vote, holy commonwealth, secundum quid, peoples consent, common safety Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Law of God, Gods Laws, Laws of God, Divine Common-wealth, Officer of God, Another Prerogative, Raign of Christ, Universal Laws, Christian Common-wealth, Christian Religion, Heathen Magistrates, House of Commons, Kingdom of God, Pastors of the Church, God of Heaven, Gods Word, Inferiour Magistrates, Parliaments Cause, Soveraignty of God New!
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- The Practical Works of Richard Baxter, Vol. 1: A Christian Directory by Richard Baxter in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- An Essay on the Principle of Population (v. 2) by James in Back Matter
- Richard Baxter: Puritan Man of Letters (Oxford English Monographs) by N. H. Keeble in Front Matter
- Political Writings by Jean-Francois Lyotard in Back Matter
- Natural Law (The International Library of Essays in Law and Legal Theory. Second Series) by Robert P. George in Back Matter
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