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The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 3

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    III. The New England Writers and Their Writings

    While relatively few of these New England Fathers wrote entire books on prophecy, we are not left without adequate information as to the views of the rest. They injected them into their sermons, a goodly portion of which have been preserved. They expressed them in illuminating introductions to expositions by other writers. 9Such as John Davenport’s preface to Increase Mather’s The Mystery of Israel’s Salvation (1669), and William Hooke’s preface to Davenport’s The Saints Anchor-Hold (1661).PFF3 25.1

    In other instances their words and sentiments are recorded by their contemporaries or near contemporaries, as by Cotton Mather in his colonial church history, Magnalia Christi Americana. 10For purposes of our early quest, Cotton Mather’s Magnalia Christi Americana: or The Ecclesiastical History of New-England is of unique value, dealing as it does with the lives of sixty of the leading New England ministers of the seventeenth century, the lives of governors and magistrates, the history of Harvard and its graduates, and the Statements of Faith of the seventeenth century.PFF3 25.2

    The intellectual caliber and competence of these men can be judged by observing their education, training, and recognized accomplishments. These factors will be noted in the biographical sketches that accompany each expositor. This is not emphasized to laud scholastic degrees or achievements, but as evidence that these men had trained minds, were schooled in logical reasoning, and possessed broad language and history backgrounds, apart from their theological proclivities. It will be increasingly apparent that they were the intellectual leaders of their respective generations.PFF3 25.3

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