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262 Before the seventeenth century "deism" and "theism" bad been synonymous terms, but "deism" takes on a special meaning in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (Orr, op. cit., p. 13). back 263 Joseph Stennett, An Answer to . . . Russen, p. 13; cf. pp. 13, 189. back 264 Hunt, op. cit., I, 191. back 265 Joseph Stennett, Works, III, 388. back 266 This quotation from a book by Lord Herbert is found in Orr, op. cit., p. 62; cf. pp. 63-67; Hunt, op. cit., l, 444f. back 267 Orr, op. cit., pp. 83f., 86ff. back 268 Ibid., p. 92, back 269 An Answer to . . . Russen, pp., 151-170. back 270 Creed and Boys Smith op. cit., p. 51 back 271 Joseph Stennett, Works, I, iv, 15, 132, 423; II 189, 190f., 450; cf. II, 44, 163; III, 1, 79. back 272 Ibid., I, 127f.: cf. I, 35. back 273 Ibid., III, 36. back 274 Ibid., III, 37f.; cf. 53: God hath given us reason and revelation to guide and conduct us." As for knowledge serving the public good, see II, 11. back 275 Ibid., I, 102, 110. back 276 Ibid., III, 108. back 277 Ibid., III, 189. back 278 Ibid., III, 411. back 279 Ibid., III, 60. back 280 Ibid., II, 349. back 281 Walker, op. cit., p. 486. back 282 Joseph Stennett, Works, IV, 267. back 283 F. C. Eiselen, et al, The Abingdon Bible Commentary (New York: Abingdon-Cokesbury, 1929), p. 220. back 284 For Stennett, revelation seems to be identical with the Bible; cf. Joseph Stennett, Works, I, 227f. back 285 Cf. Orr. op. cit., p. 113. back 286 Ibid., pp. 94f. back 287 Joseph Stennett, Works, II, 189. back 288 Ibid., II, 190. back 289 Ibid., I, 423. back 290 Pinners' Hall Record Book, pp. 62f. back 291 Joseph Stennett, Works, II, 420; cf. II, 45; III, 81f.,; IV, 307. back 292 Orr, op. cit., pp. 404-408. back 293 Ibid., p. 96. back 294 Joseph Stennett, Works, I, 110, 285; II, 171. back 295 Orr, op. cit., p. 127. back 296 Ibid., p. 121. back 297 Ibid., pp. 13f. back 298 An Answer to . . . Russen, p. 93. back 299 Works, I, 19, 21, 353, 370; II, 116ff., 120, 181f.; Iv, 171, 183. back 300 Ibid., I, 354; 11, 118 and An Answer to . . . Russen, passim. back 301 Works., I, 31, 35; III, 202, 256; IV, 116. back 302 Ibid., II, 189f.; III, 96. back 303 Ibid., II, 148f. back 304 Ibid., II, 147. back 305 Ibid., III, 301, 328, 331, 357, 357-362; II 193. back 306 Ibid., II, 360, 377; I, 74. back 307 Ibid., I, 93. back 308 Institutes, III, IX, I; Calvin modifies it later (111, IX, III) when he says we must not despise the world to much for the World has been given to us by God. back 309 Works, II, 444; III, 396. back 310 Ibid., II, 190, 229. This is from a 1707 sermon. back 311 Ibid., I, 172f.; cf. I, 59, 66; III, 355f.; An Answer to . . . Russen, pp. 216f. The quotation is from a 1695 sermon. back 312 Joseph Stennett, Works, I, 405; this is from Stennett's 1713 funeral sermon for Rev. John Piggott. On man as a thinking creature, cf. I, 15 which is from a sermon preached in 1694 or perhaps in 1693. back 313 Ibid., II, 403. back 314 Ibid., III, 64. back 315 Ibid., I, 409. back 316 Ibid., II, 351. back 317 Ibid., I, 25, 274, 292, 295; III, 257, 288. back 318 Ibid., I, 63; cf. 386; III, 404. back 319 Ibid., I, 429; cf. III, 297f., 394. back 320 Ibid., 279. back 321 Daniel Williams, Gospel-Truth Stated and Vindicated (London: ca. 1692), p. 12; cf. pp. 22, 29. back 322 Joseph Stennett, Works, III, 102; II, 237. back 323 Ibid., I, 425; II, 162, 185, 237; III, 352. back 324 Ibid., III, 248. back 325 Ibid., III, 273. back 326 Ibid., I, B33.; cf. B9. back 327 Ibid., III, 83. Morton Scott Enslin, Christian Beginnings (New York: Harper, 1938), 348; R. H. Charles, The Revelation of John (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1920), p. xxxiv. back 328 Joseph Stennett, Works, IV, 3ff. back 329 Ibid., I, 273, 276; II, 143; III, 312; IV 278. back 330 Ibid., III, 130; cf. II, 307. back 331 Ibid., III, 344-354. back 332 Ibid., III, 131; An Answer to . . . Russen, pp. 115, 120. back 333 Joseph Stennett, Works, I, 215. back 334 Ibid., III, 377. back 335 Ibid., III, 374. back 336 Ibid., IV, 254. back 337 Ibid., II, 300; 296., It was based on these phrases, "'one of the old profits was risen again'" and "'Master, . . . who did sin, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?'" back 338 Ibid., II, 482. back 339 Ibid., II, 482f. back 340 An Answer to . . . Russen p. 228. back 341 Joseph Stennett, Works, IV, 231-234, 267f., 269. back 342 Ibid., IV, 231-234. On IV, 269 there is a similar Sabbath poem, beginning, "Blest Day! ordained by God, and therefore blest, .... " This latter poem appears in a greatly altered form in Seventh Day Baptist Christian Psalmody (1847) p. 357. back 343 Works, IV, 270. It is said that he wrote witty poems, besides his religious poems, it is said that he would not allow them to be spread about in common use (Ibid., I B15). A poem, "The Hypocrite," was published with his works; It includes these two limerick-like lines: He's the reverse of all he seems to be, And still pursues whate'er he seems to flee. (IV, 278.) back |