John Bunyan on the order of salvation /
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| Author / Creator: | Vries, P. de, 1956- |
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| Uniform title: | Orde van het heil bij John Bunyan. English |
| Imprint: | New York : P. Lang, 1994. |
| Description: | p. cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | American university studies. Series VII, Theology and religion vol. 176 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1617743 |
Table of Contents:
- Ch. I. The History of the English Church from the Reformation to 1688 (focusing on Puritanism). The Reign of Henry VIII and the beginning of the Reformation in England. The Reign of Edward VI and that of Mary. The Elizabethan Age. Early Stuart Rule. The Reign of Charles I. The Westminster Assembly. Internal tensions among the Puritans. Commonwealth and Protectorate. From Restoration to Glorious Revolution. Currents within Puritanism. A description of Puritanism
- II. Bunyan's Life, Works and Ecclesiastical Position. His pathway prior to the great change in his life. The great change. The struggle of faith and its trials. Bunyan's initial career as a preacher. Bunyan's twelve year term in prison. Bunyan's life from his discharge (1672) to his death (1688). Bunyan's ecclesiastical stand. Bunyan and the ministry. Bunyan's preaching from his release in 1672. Bunyan's attitude to the government. Bunyan's views on the relation between church and state. Bunyan's writings
- III. An Outline of Bunyan's Theology. Geared to eternity. God's holiness and man's redemption. Law and Gospel. Focus on the individual. The doctrine of the church and the sacraments. Scripture vs. reason. Polemics with Fowler and Quakers. The doctrine of the order of salvation
- IV. Covenant and Predestination. Covenant of works v. covenant of grace. The covenant at Sinai. Two or three covenants? The theological views of Richard Baxter. Covenant and predestination. Election and accountability. Covenant and baptism. Election and reprobation
- V. Effectual Calling and Rebirth. General and effectual calling. Effectual calling and new birth. General and saving operations of God's Spirit. Knowledge of sin. Analysis of the regenerating operations of the Holy Spirit. Knowledge of sin and the preaching of the Gospel
- VI. Justification. The ground of justification. Justification and faith
- VII. Sanctification. The bond between sanctification and justification. Sanctification more than evidence of justification. Prayer. Family life. The Lord's Day
- VIII. Faith and Repentance. God's promises. Knowledge and trust. Communion with Christ. The necessity of faith. Experience. Repentance
- IX. Assurance of Faith. Bunyan's view on assurance of faith - a preliminary orientation. Developments in Reformed Protestantism as to assurance of faith. The framework in which Bunyan put assurance of faith. Assurance of faith and the relation between Word and Spirit. The sealing of the Holy Spirit in Puritan conception. Bunyan's view on the sealing of the Holy Spirit. Assurance of faith and sanctification. Self-examination. X. Conclusion.