Selected Spiritual Writings of Anne Dutton: LettersWomen theologians in the eighteenth century were a rarity. Were there no other reason, this alone would make the literary legacy of the Baptist Anne (Williams) Dutton (1692-1765) significant. In 1731, Anne and her minister husband, Benjamin Dutton, settled in Great Gransden, Huntingdonshire. After Benjamin's death, Anne became known on both sides of the Atlantic primarily through her extensive writings, including tracts, treatises, poems, hymns, and letters. Among her many correspondents were Howel Harris, Selina Hastings, William Seward, Phillip Doddridge, John Wesley, and George Whitefield. Harris believed God had entrusted her "with a Talent of writing for Him." Whitefield, who helped promote and publish Anne's writings, commented upon meeting her that "her conversation is as weighty as her letters." She wrestled with the question of whether it was "biblical" for a woman to be a writer of theological matters. But in a tract entitled "A Letter to such of the Servants of Christ, who may have any scruple about the Lawfulness of Printing any thing written by a Woman" (1743), she stated that she wrote not for herself but "only the glory of God and the good of souls." Dutton's writings impacted evangelical revival in England and America. Not since 1884 have any of her writings been readily available. Now extensive portions of her letters, her tracts and booklets, and her poetry and hymns are once again available. |
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... darkness to pass through : " night and day ; " ( 7 ) , That God's people are always in danger of hurt , in every changing dispensation , in prosperity as well as in adversity : " both night and day ; " and ( 8 ) , That God's special ...
... darkness to pass through : " night and day ; " ( 7 ) , That God's people are always in danger of hurt , in every changing dispensation , in prosperity as well as in adversity : " both night and day ; " and ( 8 ) , That God's special ...
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... darkness , and translation into the kingdom of God's dear Son at our first conver- sion ; that their journeys through the desolate wilderness were typical of our travels through this world of trouble ; that their Land of Promise was ...
... darkness , and translation into the kingdom of God's dear Son at our first conver- sion ; that their journeys through the desolate wilderness were typical of our travels through this world of trouble ; that their Land of Promise was ...
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... Darkness . That there is the Darkness of Sin , Weakness of Faith , Coldness of Love , & c . and from thence , Deadness , Wanderings , & c . in every Saint , while in this mortal State ; is what I make no doubt of : And can't but think ...
... Darkness . That there is the Darkness of Sin , Weakness of Faith , Coldness of Love , & c . and from thence , Deadness , Wanderings , & c . in every Saint , while in this mortal State ; is what I make no doubt of : And can't but think ...
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... Darkness , both within and without me . And oh the Glory of that Holiness , the Fulness of that Salvation , I now have in Christ , and shall ere long have through him . For I must tell you my dear Brother , that though I see myself in ...
... Darkness , both within and without me . And oh the Glory of that Holiness , the Fulness of that Salvation , I now have in Christ , and shall ere long have through him . For I must tell you my dear Brother , that though I see myself in ...
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... Darkness , that always works really in us , whether perceptible by us , or not . And therefore we had need to pray always with the Psalmist , Cleanse thou me from Secret Faults . And tho ' they which are Christ's , have Crucify'd the ...
... Darkness , that always works really in us , whether perceptible by us , or not . And therefore we had need to pray always with the Psalmist , Cleanse thou me from Secret Faults . And tho ' they which are Christ's , have Crucify'd the ...
Contents
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XVIII | 145 |
XIX | 148 |
XX | 149 |
XXI | 150 |
XXII | 155 |
XXIII | 157 |
XXIV | 158 |
XXV | 160 |
XXVI | 163 |
XXVII | 164 |
XXVIII | 166 |
XXIX | 173 |
XXX | 177 |
XXXI | 179 |
XXXII | 181 |
XXXIII | 183 |
XXXIV | 185 |
XXXV | 186 |
XXXVI | 188 |
XXXVII | 192 |
XXXVIII | 194 |
XXXIX | 198 |
XL | 200 |
XLI | 201 |
XLII | 202 |
XLIII | 204 |
XLIV | 206 |
XLV | 207 |
XLVI | 210 |
XLVII | 211 |
XLVIII | 213 |
XLIX | 219 |
LVIII | 282 |
LIX | 285 |
LX | 288 |
LXI | 295 |
LXII | 297 |
LXIII | 299 |
LXIV | 301 |
LXV | 303 |
LXVI | 304 |
LXVII | 310 |
LXVIII | 314 |
LXIX | 320 |
LXX | 323 |
LXXI | 330 |
LXXII | 334 |
LXXIII | 336 |
LXXIV | 338 |
LXXV | 344 |
LXXVI | 349 |
LXXVII | 353 |
LXXIX | 356 |
LXXX | 357 |
LXXXI | 361 |
LXXXII | 366 |
LXXXIII | 370 |
LXXXIV | 371 |
LXXXV | 376 |
LXXXVI | 378 |
LXXXVII | 387 |
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Page xxxii - The Lord shall open unto thee His good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand : and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
Page 22 - The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him : but his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob...
Page xliv - And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, I will lead them in paths that they have not known : I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake . them.
Page 24 - Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither : for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Page xxxi - And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together ; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
Page xxvii - Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage ? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
Page xliii - That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us : and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.
Page 11 - Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham ; for a father of many nations have I made thee.