John Newton: From Disgrace to Amazing GraceContinuum, 2007 - 308 páginas John Newton is one of the most important and influential men of the 18th century. His famous conversion during a storm at sea lead to his new role as a social reformer and key figure in the abolition of slavery. In this book, Jonathan Aitken discovers the man, his motivation and beliefs. |
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... importance of A Review of Ecclesiastical History - that it spawned several imitators and followers . The most important of these was Joseph Milner , whose seminal work The History of the Church of Christ ( 1797 ) was published almost ...
... importance of A Review of Ecclesiastical History - that it spawned several imitators and followers . The most important of these was Joseph Milner , whose seminal work The History of the Church of Christ ( 1797 ) was published almost ...
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... important publication of the present age , ' he told Wilberforce in one letter . ' Every family must have one , ' he wrote in another . Even though a great many of those higher and middle - class families deemed by Wilberforce to be ...
... important publication of the present age , ' he told Wilberforce in one letter . ' Every family must have one , ' he wrote in another . Even though a great many of those higher and middle - class families deemed by Wilberforce to be ...
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... important than impatient human priorities . On arrival in his first parish of Olney in 1764 , Newton made evangelistic innovations and embarked on an ambitious programme of pastoral visiting which could make a good blueprint of lessons ...
... important than impatient human priorities . On arrival in his first parish of Olney in 1764 , Newton made evangelistic innovations and embarked on an ambitious programme of pastoral visiting which could make a good blueprint of lessons ...
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A Spiritual Upbringing | 1 |
First Steps in Love and Seafaring | 7 |
Pressganged | 13 |
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