The 'pretty young man Civility': Bunyan, Milton and Blake and Patterns of Puritan Thought

[...]Legality is to be found in the village of Morality. In The Bloody Tenent of Persecution of 1644, Roger Williams argues that the civil state should not control religion. Since the incarnation the only sword to be used in 'soul matters' is the sword of the Spirit. Usually it is the tria...

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Published inBunyan studies Vol. 6; no. 6; p. 34
Main Author Titlestad, P J H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Bunyan Studies 01.01.1995
Northumbria University, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences
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British & Irish literature
Bunyan, John (1628-1688)
English literature
Milton, John (1608-1674)
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Summary:[...]Legality is to be found in the village of Morality. In The Bloody Tenent of Persecution of 1644, Roger Williams argues that the civil state should not control religion. Since the incarnation the only sword to be used in 'soul matters' is the sword of the Spirit. Usually it is the trial in Vanity Fair that is pointed to as being the most overtly political allusion to Bunyan's conflict with Restoration Anglican authority and trial by the local justices of the peace. Lurking behind the implicit defiance of civil authority of the combined Restoration state and Anglican Church is possibly the long tradition of Puritan political polemic which includes the Huguenot Vindiciae contra Tyrannos and Milton's own Of the Tenure of Kings and Magistrates.
ISSN:0954-0970