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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

1774 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.

1601–1700

The Seventeenth Century

3 works

1660

English

An Explanation of the Grand Mystery of Godliness

Henry More · 1614–1687

A defence of Christianity against both atheism and enthusiasm, arguing that reason and a purified imagination together lead to a rational and moderate faith.

Anglican · TheologyRead elsewhere

1678

English

The True Intellectual System of the Universe

Ralph Cudworth · 1617–1688

A vast refutation of materialism and fatalism, arguing for plastic natures in the created world and quoting so much ancient atheism that some accused him of spreading it.

Anglican · PhilosophyRead elsewhere

preached c. 1636–1683; published 1698

English

The Aphorisms and Sermons

Benjamin Whichcote · 1609–1683

Sayings and sermons on the reasonableness of religion, the folly of narrow zeal, and the conviction that to go against reason is to go against God.

Anglican · AphorismsRead elsewhere