Matter of Fact in the English Revolution

Journal of the History of Ideas

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 317-335

  Levine, Joseph M ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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References (77)

1. Joseph M. Levine, "From Tradition to History: Chillingworth to Gibbon," in Historians and Ideologues: Essays in Honor of Donald R. Kelley, eds. Anthony T. Grafton and J. H. M. Salmon (Rochester, 2001), 181-210.
2. See Gerald R. Cragg, Freedom and Authority: A Study of English Thought in the Early Seventeenth Century (Philadelphia, 1975); and especially Barbara Shapiro, Probability and Certainty in Seventeenth-Century England (Princeton, 1983), and A Culture of Fact: England, 1550-1720 (Ithaca, 2000), and my review in Albion, 33 (2001), 102-3.
3. See Gerald R. Cragg, Freedom and Authority: A Study of English Thought in the Early Seventeenth Century (Philadelphia, 1975); and especially Barbara Shapiro, Probability and Certainty in Seventeenth-Century England (Princeton, 1983), and A Culture of Fact: England, 1550-1720 (Ithaca, 2000), and my review in Albion, 33 (2001), 102-3.
4. See Gerald R. Cragg, Freedom and Authority: A Study of English Thought in the Early Seventeenth Century (Philadelphia, 1975); and especially Barbara Shapiro, Probability and Certainty in Seventeenth-Century England (Princeton, 1983), and A Culture of Fact: England, 1550-1720 (Ithaca, 2000), and my review in Albion, 33 (2001), 102-3.
5. See Gerald R. Cragg, Freedom and Authority: A Study of English Thought in the Early Seventeenth Century (Philadelphia, 1975); and especially Barbara Shapiro, Probability and Certainty in Seventeenth-Century England (Princeton, 1983), and A Culture of Fact: England, 1550-1720 (Ithaca, 2000), and my review in Albion, 33 (2001), 102-3.
6. Thomas Edwards, The First and Second Part of Grangraena (London, 1646), 16-17. In a postscript Edwards adds four more errors and in the second part some twenty-three more.
7. Gangraena, pt. 2, 123. See Earl Morse Wilbur, A History of Unitarianism: Socinianism and its Antecedents (Cambridge, Mass., 1947), p. 191; Robert Wallace, Antitrinitarian Biography (3 vols., London, 1850), III, 161-67; and H. John McLachlan, Socinianism in Seventeenth Century England (Oxford, 1951), 151-62.
8. Gangraena, pt. 2, 123. See Earl Morse Wilbur, A History of Unitarianism: Socinianism and its Antecedents (Cambridge, Mass., 1947), p. 191; Robert Wallace, Antitrinitarian Biography (3 vols., London, 1850), III, 161-67; and H. John McLachlan, Socinianism in Seventeenth Century England (Oxford, 1951), 151-62.
9. Gangraena, pt. 2, 123. See Earl Morse Wilbur, A History of Unitarianism: Socinianism and its Antecedents (Cambridge, Mass., 1947), p. 191; Robert Wallace, Antitrinitarian Biography (3 vols., London, 1850), III, 161-67; and H. John McLachlan, Socinianism in Seventeenth Century England (Oxford, 1951), 151-62.
10. Anthony Wood, Athenae Oxoniensis, ed. Philip Bliss (4 vols; London, 1817), III, col. 361, 593-603. Socinus's first book, De Jesu Christo Servatore (1594) contains the whole matter of the Racovian Catichism (1609), which was written by Socinus's disciples, dedicated to James I, and translated into English in 1652. The Life of that Incomparable Man, Faustus Socinus translated from the Latin version of Przipcovius (1636 in 1653); in the Harleian Miscellany (London, 1810), VI, 355-72.
11. Anthony Wood, Athenae Oxoniensis, ed. Philip Bliss (4 vols; London, 1817), III, col. 361, 593-603. Socinus's first book, De Jesu Christo Servatore (1594) contains the whole matter of the Racovian Catichism (1609), which was written by Socinus's disciples, dedicated to James I, and translated into English in 1652. The Life of that Incomparable Man, Faustus Socinus translated from the Latin version of Przipcovius (1636 in 1653); in the Harleian Miscellany (London, 1810), VI, 355-72.
12. Francis Cheynell, The Rise, Growth, and danger of Socinianisme (London, 1643), 20-24, 27-28.
13. Ibid., ch. 2, sect. 3; see also Cheynell's Chillingworthi Novissima (London, 1644), sig. F.
14. Ibid., ch. 2, sect. 3; see also Cheynell's Chillingworthi Novissima (London, 1644), sig. F.
15. Thomas Hyde's catalogue of the Bodleian Library lists no fewer than sixty Socinian books there, including twenty-three by Socinus himself (McLachlan, ch. VIII).
16. John Owen, Vindiciae Evangelicae, or the Mystery of the Gospell Vindicated and Socinianisme Examined (Oxford, 1655), 65-66.
17. Fisher, Testimony of Truth Exalted (London, 1679), in his collected works, with a brief life by Luke Howard and a testimonial by William Penn.
18. Sure-footing in Christianity (London, 1665), 52.
19. In 1658 Fisher and a friend actually visited Rome and Venice and tried to make converts; see Braithwaite, 426-28, and William Sewel, The History of the Rise, Increase and Progress of the Quakers (London, 1722), 257.
20. In 1658 Fisher and a friend actually visited Rome and Venice and tried to make converts; see Braithwaite, 426-28, and William Sewel, The History of the Rise, Increase and Progress of the Quakers (London, 1722), 257.
21. Hobbes, Leviathan, pt. 3, ch. xxxiii. Hobbes (pt. 1, ch. ix), and see Samuel I. Mintz, The Hunting of Leviathan (Cambridge, 1962).
22. Hobbes, Leviathan, pt. 3, ch. xxxiii. Hobbes (pt. 1, ch. ix), and see Samuel I. Mintz, The Hunting of Leviathan (Cambridge, 1962).
23. To Alexsander Roos, Leviathan drown out with a Hook [1653]. sig. A14-16; in Mintz, 55.
24. See Barbara Shapiro (John Wilkins 1614-72 [Berkeley, 1969], 228), suggesting Sebastian Castellio as a forerunner.
25. Henry Hammond, "To the Reader," A View of some Exceptions which have been made by a Romanist to Lord Falkland's Discourse on the Infallibility of the Church of Rome (London, 1650). See Robert S. Bosher, The Making of the Resoration Settlement (London, 1951), 36-37.
26. Henry Hammond, "To the Reader," A View of some Exceptions which have been made by a Romanist to Lord Falkland's Discourse on the Infallibility of the Church of Rome (London, 1650). See Robert S. Bosher, The Making of the Resoration Settlement (London, 1951), 36-37.
27. "A farrago of atheism," he calls it in a letter to Matthew Wren, and again, "a farrago of all the maddest divinity that ever was read, [which] having destroyed Trinity, Heaven, Hell, may be allowed to compare ecclesiastical authority to the kingdom of the fairies" (Hammond to Wren, 14 and 21 Oct. 1651, The Theologian and Ecclesiastic, 9 [1850], 294-95).
28. Of the Reasonableness of Christian Religion (London, 1650), 14-15.
29. See also Hammond to Sheldon, 1 Feb. 1653, The Theologian and Ecclesiastic, 13 (1852), 328-29.
30. See "Of Resolving Controversies," in, "A Letter of Resolution to Six Quaeries of Present Use in the Church of England," Works, I, 573-81.
31. "Letter of Resolution to Six Quaeries" (London, 1653), 1-33.
32. 2), I, 83-98; and William Orme, Memoirs of the Life of John Owen (London, 1820), 222-23, also Hammond, "Of Fundamentals," Works, I, ch. 16, 486-92; and "A Pacific Discourse of God's Grace and Decrees," ibid., I, 663-705.
33. 2), I, 83-98; and William Orme, Memoirs of the Life of John Owen (London, 1820), 222-23, also Hammond, "Of Fundamentals," Works, I, ch. 16, 486-92; and "A Pacific Discourse of God's Grace and Decrees," ibid., I, 663-705.
34. 2), I, 83-98; and William Orme, Memoirs of the Life of John Owen (London, 1820), 222-23, also Hammond, "Of Fundamentals," Works, I, ch. 16, 486-92; and "A Pacific Discourse of God's Grace and Decrees," ibid., I, 663-705.
35. 2), I, 83-98; and William Orme, Memoirs of the Life of John Owen (London, 1820), 222-23, also Hammond, "Of Fundamentals," Works, I, ch. 16, 486-92; and "A Pacific Discourse of God's Grace and Decrees," ibid., I, 663-705.
36. Walter Pope, The Life of Seth Lord Bishop of Salisbury (London, 1697), 43, reprinted in Luttrell Soc., no. 21 (Oxford, 1961).
37. 5); apparently Ward was the author of the preface, signed F. B., to Hobbes's Humane Nature (1650).
38. Menasseh ben Israel and his World, ed. Yosef Kaplan, Henri Mechoulin, and Richard Popkin (Leiden, 1989).
39. See Against the Anti-Scripturalists: A Sermon preached at Whitehall (London, 1670), 66.
40. See Tillotson, The Wisdom of Being Religious (London, 1664), which was particularly directed against Thomas Hobbes; "The Wisdom of Being Religious," The Works, ed. Thomas Birch (3 vols.; London, 1752-53), I, 7; The Rule of Faith, or An Answer to the Treatise of Mr. I. S. entituled Sure-Footing (London, 1666) 101-3, 114-15; also Wilkins's Of The Principles and Duties of Natural Religion (London, 1675); ch. 1-2; and Simon Patrick, The Witnesses to Christianity, or the Certainty of our Faith and Hope in a Discourse upon 1 John V. 7, 8. (London, 1675).
41. See Tillotson, The Wisdom of Being Religious (London, 1664), which was particularly directed against Thomas Hobbes; "The Wisdom of Being Religious," The Works, ed. Thomas Birch (3 vols.; London, 1752-53), I, 7; The Rule of Faith, or An Answer to the Treatise of Mr. I. S. entituled Sure-Footing (London, 1666) 101-3, 114-15; also Wilkins's Of The Principles and Duties of Natural Religion (London, 1675); ch. 1-2; and Simon Patrick, The Witnesses to Christianity, or the Certainty of our Faith and Hope in a Discourse upon 1 John V. 7, 8. (London, 1675).
42. See Tillotson, The Wisdom of Being Religious (London, 1664), which was particularly directed against Thomas Hobbes; "The Wisdom of Being Religious," The Works, ed. Thomas Birch (3 vols.; London, 1752-53), I, 7; The Rule of Faith, or An Answer to the Treatise of Mr. I. S. entituled Sure-Footing (London, 1666) 101-3, 114-15; also Wilkins's Of The Principles and Duties of Natural Religion (London, 1675); ch. 1-2; and Simon Patrick, The Witnesses to Christianity, or the Certainty of our Faith and Hope in a Discourse upon 1 John V. 7, 8. (London, 1675).
43. See Tillotson, The Wisdom of Being Religious (London, 1664), which was particularly directed against Thomas Hobbes; "The Wisdom of Being Religious," The Works, ed. Thomas Birch (3 vols.; London, 1752-53), I, 7; The Rule of Faith, or An Answer to the Treatise of Mr. I. S. entituled Sure-Footing (London, 1666) 101-3, 114-15; also Wilkins's Of The Principles and Duties of Natural Religion (London, 1675); ch. 1-2; and Simon Patrick, The Witnesses to Christianity, or the Certainty of our Faith and Hope in a Discourse upon 1 John V. 7, 8. (London, 1675).
44. See Tillotson, The Wisdom of Being Religious (London, 1664), which was particularly directed against Thomas Hobbes; "The Wisdom of Being Religious," The Works, ed. Thomas Birch (3 vols.; London, 1752-53), I, 7; The Rule of Faith, or An Answer to the Treatise of Mr. I. S. entituled Sure-Footing (London, 1666) 101-3, 114-15; also Wilkins's Of The Principles and Duties of Natural Religion (London, 1675); ch. 1-2; and Simon Patrick, The Witnesses to Christianity, or the Certainty of our Faith and Hope in a Discourse upon 1 John V. 7, 8. (London, 1675).
45. Reliquiae Baxterianae, ed. Matthew Sylvester (London, 1696), I, 103.
46. The Grotian Religion Discovered (London, 1658), 4; and see Geoffrey Nuttall, "Richard Baxter and the Grotian Religion," Reform and Reformation, ed. D. Baker (Oxford, 1979), 245-50; Correspondence, I, 171n.
47. The Grotian Religion Discovered (London, 1658), 4; and see Geoffrey Nuttall, "Richard Baxter and the Grotian Religion," Reform and Reformation, ed. D. Baker (Oxford, 1979), 245-50; Correspondence, I, 171n.
48. See Baxter to Hammond, July 1659, and Correspondence, I, 396-98.
49. Reliquiae, II, 198; Frederick J. Powicke, A Life of the Reverend Richard Baxter (London, 1924), 123.
50. Reliquiae, II, 198; Frederick J. Powicke, A Life of the Reverend Richard Baxter (London, 1924), 123.
51. Baxter, Church-History of the Government of Bishops (London, 1680), sig. b.
52. See Roger Thomas, The Baxter Treatises, Dr. Williams Library Occasional Paper, no. 8 (London, 1959), Calendar of the Correspondence of Richard Baxter, ed. N. H. Keeble and Geoffrey Nuttall (2 vols.; Oxford, 1991).
53. See Roger Thomas, The Baxter Treatises, Dr. Williams Library Occasional Paper, no. 8 (London, 1959), Calendar of the Correspondence of Richard Baxter, ed. N. H. Keeble and Geoffrey Nuttall (2 vols.; Oxford, 1991).
54. Baxter to Boyle, 14 June 1665, and Boyle to Baxter (Correspondence, II, 43-45.)
55. Saints, 238-46; The Certainty of the World of Spirits fully evinced by unquestionable histories of apparitions and witchcrafts (London, 1691).
56. Saints, 238-46; The Certainty of the World of Spirits fully evinced by unquestionable histories of apparitions and witchcrafts (London, 1691).
57. Glanvil to Baxter, 4 Aug. 1662; Stillingfleet to Baxter, 22 July 1662 (Correspondence, II, 32-33).
58. Reasons of the Christian Religion (London, 1666); More reasons for the Christian Religion, and No reason Against It (London, 1672); and the preface to Church History of the Government of Bishops and their Councils Abbreviated (London, 1680).
59. Reasons of the Christian Religion (London, 1666); More reasons for the Christian Religion, and No reason Against It (London, 1672); and the preface to Church History of the Government of Bishops and their Councils Abbreviated (London, 1680).
60. Reasons of the Christian Religion (London, 1666); More reasons for the Christian Religion, and No reason Against It (London, 1672); and the preface to Church History of the Government of Bishops and their Councils Abbreviated (London, 1680).
61. Notably, William Bates, Considerations on the Existence of God and the Immortality of the Soul (1675); and The Divinity of the Christian Religion proved by the Evidence of Reason and Divine Revelation (1677).
62. Notably, William Bates, Considerations on the Existence of God and the Immortality of the Soul (1675); and The Divinity of the Christian Religion proved by the Evidence of Reason and Divine Revelation (1677).
63. Reliquiae, III, 153.
64. Stillingfleet, A Discourse Concerning the Nature and Grounds of the Certainty of Faith in Answer to J. S. his Catholick Letters (London, 1688), 99.
65. See Henry J. Todd, Memoir of the Life and Writings of the Rev Brian Walton (2 vols.; London, 1821), I, 32-44.
66. See Leonard Twells, The Lives of Dr. Edward Pocock, Dr. Zachary Pearce, Dr. Thomas Newton (2 vols.; London, 1816), I, 210-11.
67. See Walton to Usher, noticing Herbert Thorndike, Edward Pocock, Abraham Wheloc, and John Lightfoot, 18 July 1653 (Life of Usher, 590).
68. Calamy, Abridgment, I, 402.
69. "Integrity," in Works of Owen, XVI, 347-48.
70. Brian Walton, The Condiderator Considered, or A brief view of certain Considerations upon the Biblia Polyglotta (London, 1659); printed in Todd, II.
71. A Paraphrase and Annotations upon all the Books of the New Testament (London, 1653).
72. See Usher to Hammond, 14 Jan. 1650 (ibid., 543).
73. "A Postscript concerning New Light or Divine Illumination."
74. "To the Reader," Deuterai Phrontides, or a Review of the Paraphrase and Annotations on the New Testament (London, 1656).
75. See Jean LeClerc, A Supplement to Dr. Hammond's Paraphrase and Annotations on the New Testament in which his Interpretation of many important Passages is freely and impartially examin 'd, and the Text further explain 'd by new Remarks upon every Chapter (London, 1699).
76. See Levine, "Deists and Anglicans: The Ancient Wisdom and the Idea of Progress," Margins of Ortodoxy, ed. Roger Lund (Cambridge, 1995), 219-39; and more at length in The Autonomy of History: Truth and Method from to Erasmus Gibbon (Chicago, 1999).
77. See Levine, "Deists and Anglicans: The Ancient Wisdom and the Idea of Progress," Margins of Ortodoxy, ed. Roger Lund (Cambridge, 1995), 219-39; and more at length in The Autonomy of History: Truth and Method from to Erasmus Gibbon (Chicago, 1999).