Thomas S Shepard

The Parable of the Ten Virgins

Thomas Shepard (1605-1649) was a New England Puritan minister. Forbidden to preach in England, he emigrated to Massachusetts in 1635.The most eloquent measure of his classic The Parable of the Ten Virgins is that there is a scarcely a page in The Religious Affections where Jonathan Edwards does not ...

Thomas Shepard (Twayne's United States Authors Series)

God's Plot: Puritan Spirituality in Thomas Shepard's Cambridge (Commonwealth Studies)

Thomas Shepard, minister of the Cambridge church, stands out among the first generation of settlers in Massachusetts Bay as a rigorous-minded Puritan driven by his piety. Shepard's Autobiography and Journal are extremely valuable sources for an understanding of the perennially fascinating Puritan mi...

The Digital Puritan - Vol.I, No.2

The Digital Puritan is a quarterly digest of carefully selected Puritan writings, suitable for personal devotional use or for small group discussion. The focus of each article is typically more practical than theological. The originals have been sparingly edited, generally only to correct typographi...

Theses Sabbaticae (Works of Thomas Shepard)

The author, who was founder of Harvard University and a Puritan minister at Cambridge in the early 1600s, has written four theses on the morality of the Sabbath, the change of the Sabbath from the seventh day to the first, the beginning of the Sabbath, and how the Sabbath is to be sanctified by God'...

The Sin of Resting in Duties

Shepard was born in Towcester, Northamptonshire. His devout mother died when he was four and he lived a difficult life under his stepmother. His father died when he reached ten, at which point he lived with his grandparents and later an older brother, whom he held in high and grateful regard. A scho...

God's Plot: The Parodoxes of Puritan Piety- Being the Autobiography & Journal of Thomas Shepard (The Commonwealth Series)

1972 1st University of Massachusetts. Journal written between 1640 and 1644 by minister of Cambridge church, depicts the intense inner search for understanding of Christianity. Hardcover. Octavo, 252pp., cloth. Near Fine, slight foxing on fore-edges, in VG plus DJ.

The Autobiography of Thomas Shepard: The Celebrated Minister of Cambridge, N. E. With Additional Notices of His Life and Character (Amer Philosophy, Religion)

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