life and theology of suffering of Abraham Cheare Hanson, Brian L. creator author. Haykin, Michael A. G. author. text Electronic books. enk 2014 monographic eng

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1 online resource. Waiting on the Spirit of Promise'' is a study of the life and ministry of Abraham Cheare (1626-1668), containing selections from Cheare's works, and rescuing an important seventeenth-century English Baptist from obscurity. Cheare has been overshadowed by other more celebrated Baptist contemporaries, but as the pastor of the Particular Baptist work in Plymouth, Devon, Cheare played a key role in the advance of the Baptist cause in the West Country in the 1650s. His ''Sighs for Sion'' is an excellent illustration of early Baptist piety. With the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, Cheare, like. Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright information; Contents; Introduction; 1. Sweet for Jesus' Sake: The Life of Abraham Cheare; 2. Lift up Our Voice Like a Trumpet: Cheare's Ministry in the 1650s; 3. Waiting on the Spirit of Promise: Abraham Cheare in Prison in the 1660s; 4. A Letter of Abraham Cheare on Baptism, c. 1648-1658; 5. Abraham Cheare, Sighs for Sion; 6. Abraham Cheare, A Looking-Glass; 7. Abraham Cheare, Words in Season; Letters; Bibliography; Back Cover. Brian L. Hanson & Michael A.G. Haykin. e-uk-en Cheare, Abraham -1668 Puritan movements England History 17th century Suffering Religious aspects Church of England Cheare, Abraham, -1668 Suffering Religious aspects Christianity RELIGION Christianity Presbyterian BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious BT732.7 .H36 2014 285.9092 Hanson, Brian L. (OCoLC)881095768 9780227902905 0227902904 22573/ctt1cg884r JSTOR http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=836593 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=836593 UKMGB 140804 20200709060218.0 ocn885444086 eng