God's Plot: Puritan Spirituality in Thomas Shepard's Cambridge

by Thomas Shepard

Book Overview

Thomas Shepard, minister of the Cambridge church, stands out among the first generation of settlers in Massachusetts Bay as a rigorous-minded Puritan driven by his piety. Shepard's Autobiography and Journal are extremely valuable sources for an understanding of the perennially fascinating Puritan mind. The Autobiography reveals the arduous physical and mental life of the Puritans--the persecutions in England, the tempestuous Atlantic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870239155
• ISBN13: 9780870239151
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher