1656 THOMAS HOOKER. The Application of Redemption. Rare American Puritan with Wonderful Provenance. CongregationalWell, here is a gem indeed, and nearly unobtainable. It is the first copy we have handled in 25 years. Even more remarkably, it retains some fascinating early American provenance as well. Thomas Hooker [1586 1647] was a prominent early Colonial Puritan divine who founded the Colony of Connecticut. His accomplishments cut an equally impressive course across theology, experimental puritan writing, and political and civic leadership. Considered by many
He and his wife Mary Chawner Williams set sail for the Society Islands
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on the privileges and duties of husbands and wives
" In 1743 he was ordained as an evangelist and in 1746 he received a unanimous call to the pulpit of the church in East Hampton
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The British also planned a blockade of Northern ports
At our last church meeting
and about to lie under the surgeon’s knife
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than he is absolutely free and independent
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Full manuscript of the Annual Report