Godly Preaching, in Sickness and Ill-Health, in Seventeenth-Century England

• Published in: Studies in church history Vol. 58; pp. 134 - 149
• Main Author: Daniel, Robert W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; French
• Published: London Cambridge University Press 01.06.2022
• Subjects: 17th century; Clergy; Obligations; Pain; Religion; Sermons; Theology; United Kingdom > UK; England

This article examines the myriad ways that sickness affected, and was exacerbated by, puritan preaching in seventeenth-century England. The term ‘puritan’ is deployed here to encompass Church of England, and later Nonconformist, ministers who espoused the significance of preaching God's word as...