Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
1. A Selection of Hymns—Isaac Watt s 5
2. Biography of a Moravian—Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf 11
3. Justice for the Punishment of Sin—Jonathan Dickinson 17
4. George Whitefi eld’s Signature Sermon—George Whitefield 23
5. Calvinism under Fire—John Wesley 29
6. The Conversion of a Welshman—Howell Harris 35
7. A Selection of Hymns—Charles Wesley 42
8. A Divisive Great Awakening Sermon—Gilbert Tennent 53
9. Revivals as a Means of Reform—Samuel Finley 60
10. Diary of Doubts—Hannah Heaton 68
11. Racing to Hear Whitefi eld Preach—Nathan Cole 73
12. Revival at Cambuslang, Scotland—William McCulloch 76
13. Overcome by the Power of the Spirit—Sarah Pierpont Edwards 82
14. Revival at Kilsyth, Scotland—James Robe 91
15. Jonathan Edwards Assesses a Revival—Thomas Prince 97
16. Piety over Worldly Pleasures—Susanna Anthony 103
17. Satan’s Strategies of Deception—Thomas Gillespie 106
18. Spiritual Devotions for the Soul—Philip Doddridge 114
19. A Conversion Story—John Cennick 121
20. A Missionary among Native Americans—David Brainerd 128
21. A Selection of Hymns—Benjamin Ingham 135
22. Summarizing God’s Law—Joseph Bellamy 141
23. Revival in the Low Countries—Hugh Kennedy 146
24. Satirical Revenge—John Witherspoon 153
25. Natural versus Moral Necessity in the Will—Jonathan Edwards 165
26. Open Letter to Commit Oneself to God—Sarah Prince Gill 174
27. The Humiliation and Exaltation of the Cross—John Maclaurin 178
28. Determining Divine Grace—Sarah Osborn 184
29. Eloquent Calvinism—James Hervey 189
30. Life as the Wife of a College President—Esther Edwards Burr 198
31. Report on African American Religion in Virginia—Samuel Davies 204
32. Praising the Ineff able—Anne Steele 207
33. Before Dartmouth College—Eleazar Wheelock 217
34. The Diff erence between True and False Religion—Henry Venn 223
35. Salvation at Sea—John Newton 228
36. An Anglican Minister Describes Faith—William Romaine 236
37. Faith Restricted to the Mind—John Erskine 242
38. Advice to Women on Chastity, Poverty, and Obedience—Mary Fletcher 248
39. Defending the Doctrine of Christian Perfection—John William Fletcher 254
40. A Selection of Hymns—William Williams 261
41. Advice on Alcohol—Samson Occom 267
42. An Argument for the Separation of Church and State—Isaac Backus 271
43. A Selection of Poems—Phillis Wheatley 276
44. Practical Disinterested Benevolence—Samuel Hopkins 283
45. Amazing Grace (How Sweet the Sound)—John Newton 291
46. A Baptist’s Beliefs—John Ryland Jr. 293
47. A Gospel Call to Sinners—Henry Alline 300
48. The Duty to Respond to the Gospel Message—Andrew Fuller 306
49. The Ideal Student—Charles Nisbet 313
50. The Unlawfulness of Enslaving Humans—Thomas Clarkson 322
51. An Appeal to the Higher Ranks of Society—Hannah More 329
52. Salvation Comes to a Sailor—Olaudah Equiano 336
53. Journal of an American Methodist—Francis Asbury 345
54. Guidelines for American Methodists—Francis Asbury and Thomas Coke 352
55. An Argument for Overseas Missionary Work—William Carey 357
56. The Necessity of Evil—Samuel Hopkins 365
57. Godly Living in a New England Town—Timothy Dwight 370
58. Debunking Racial Stereotypes—Richard Allen 377
59. An Anglican Evangelical’s Sermon—Charles Simeon 381
60. True and False Religion Exposed—William Wilberforce 386
61. Godly Government during a Time of Crisis—Lemuel Haynes 390
62. A Conspiracy Theorists Theory—Jedidiah Morse 396
Further Reading 401
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