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| Titre : | A Burning and a Shining Light : English spirituality in the age of Wesley |
| Auteurs : | David Lyle Jeffrey, Auteur |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Editeur : | Grand Rapids [USA] : William B. Eerdmans, 1987 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-8028-0234-7 |
| Format : | X-517 p. / ill. N&B |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | FR/A (Spiritualité : ouvrages généraux et courants historiques) |
| Résumé : |
An anthology of some of the best English spiritual writing in the age of the Great Evangelical Revival, this book is an unprecedented gathering of representative witnesses to the work of the Spirit in the eighteenth century.
Emphasizing complete shorter texts, the book crosses denominational lines, including spiritual writings from Isaac Watts, Philip Doddridge, Elizabeth Rowe, William Law, Christopher Smart, John and Charles Wesley, George Whitefield, John Fletcher, John Newton, William Cowper, Hannah More, and William Wilberforce. The works range from sermons and tracts to thoughtful meditative devotional pieces, hymns, poetry, and pastoral counsel on every aspect of the inner life, from daily prayer to the most practical consequences of Gospel obedience. Through these selections, the reader will recognize that, then as now, the real worker of revival is the Holy Spirit. As is always true of human instruments, these writers were "not that Light, but sent to bear witness to the Light." In that they were willing to be instruments, it may be said of them, as it was of John the Baptist, that they became as "a burning and a shining light" to their own and subsequent generations. |
| Note de contenu : |
ISAAC WATTS (1674-1748) from Méditations / “Vanity Inscribed in All Things” / “The Gift of the Spirit” / “The Saints Unknown in this World” / from On Prayer / from Abuse of the Emotions in Spiritual Life / Hymns, Songs, and Poems ELIZABETH SINGER ROWE (1674-1737) from Devout Exercises of the Heart WILLIAM LAW (1686-1761) from A Practical Treatise Upon Christian Perfection / from A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life / Spiritual Devotion / The Sanctification of Everyday Life / Prayer / Letter on “Zeal and Simplicity” PHILIP DODDRIDGE (1702-1751) from The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul / News of Salvation / Growth in Grace / Grateful Joy / Hymns / “Jésus, Thy Blood and Righteousness” / from the Letters / “Charismatic Manifestations” / “Christian Prudence” / “A Plan for Christian Education at Home” / “Against Slavery” CHARLES WESLEY (1707-1788) Hymns and Poems GEORGE WHITEFIELD (1714-1770) from the Sermons / “The Nature and Necessity of Self-Denial” / “The Almost Christian” / from the Letters / “Exhortation to Seminarians” / “Exhortation to American Stridents” / “To an Orphan” / “Obtaining the Holy Spirit” / “Open Air Preaching” I and II CHRISTOPHER SMART (1722-1771) “Hymn to the Supreme Being” / Jubilate Agno (“Rejoice in the Lamb”) / from Hymns for the Amusement of Children JOHN FLETCHER (1729-1785) from Méditations / “The Violent Take It by Force” / “On Pleasure” / “On Lukewarmness” / “On Hypocrisy” / “Thou Wilt Keep Him in Perfect Peace” / from Letters on the Manifestation of Christ / from The Test of a New Creature / from Pastoral Letters / “On Two Controversies” / “A Pastoral Commendation” / “To One Approaching Death” / “Of Philosophers and Children” / “Of ‘Putting on Christ’” / “Seeking God’s Image” JOHN NEWTON (1725-1807) from Sermons at Olney / “The Small Success of the Gospel Ministry” / “Guilt Removed, and Peace Restored” / from Messiah: Or, the Scriptural Passages which Form the Subject of the Celebrated Oratorio of Handel / “The Consolation” / “Messiah’s Easy Yoke” / from the Letters / “Christian Character” / “God’s Will and Our Ambitions” / “The Sovereignty of God” / “Discerning Pastoral Vocation” / “On Spiritual Growth” / from Olney Hymns WILLIAM COWPER (1731-1800) from Memoir of the Early Life of William Cowper, Esq. / Written by Himself / from Olney Hymns HANNAH MORE (1745-1833) from Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education / Fashionable Christianity / Faithful Christianity WILLIAM WILBERFORCE (1759-1833) from A Practical View . . . of . . . Real Christianity / Advice to Some who Profess their Full Assent to the Fundamental Doctrines of the Gospel / Advice Suggested by the State of the Times to True Christians |
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| Code-barres | Cote | Support | Localisation | Section | Disponibilité |
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| FR/A 013 | FR/A 013 | Livre | Bibliothèque principale | Livres empruntables | Prêt possible Disponible |
