'Heroick vertue': Joseph Alleine's Letters and Protestant Martyrology

• Published in: Bunyan studies no. 23; pp. 24 - 44
• Main Author: Harris, Johanna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumbria University, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences 01.01.2019
• Subjects: Alleine, Joseph; Archetypes; Archetypes (Psychology); Authorship; Biographies; British & Irish literature; Bunyan, John (1628-1688); Christianity; Correspondence; Death & dying; English language; English literature; Imprisonment; Literary characters; Literary criticism; Literary devices; Literary influences; Publishing; Publishing industry; Readers; Reading; Religion; Spirituality; Writers

Let every house therein be a seminary of religion; and let those who cast their eyes upon these lines, find thee entering by the secret influence of thy grace into their hearts, and irresistibly engaging them to do thy pleasure. Joseph Alleine. The letter from which this prayer derives was first pub...