The Library
1577 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.
1501–1600
1 work
1522
German
Martin Luther · 1483–1546
A short introduction defining faith as a living, busy, active thing that cannot help doing good works, and asking the reader not to confuse it with mere assent.
1701–1800
2 works
1729
English
William Law · 1686–1761
An argument, carried by a gallery of sharply drawn character sketches, that the reason most Christians never become devout is not weakness but that they never seriously intended to.
1746
English
Jonathan Edwards · 1703–1758
Written after the Great Awakening, when both the enthusiasts and their critics were claiming too much. Edwards sets out twelve signs distinguishing genuinely gracious affections from religious excitement, and refuses to make intensity itself the test.
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