Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-280) and index.
Contents:
Herbert's neatness: Herbert and the mystery of plainness -- Styles of piety and the early Stuart church -- The King James Bible and the eclipse of mystery -- Herbert and the eclipse of mystery -- Mystery in The Temple: The poetry of revelation: Ungratefulnesse -- Revelation and intimacy in The Search and Love (III) -- Mystery in translation: St. Augustine -- The hermeneutics of faith -- Mysterion reformed: Martin Luther -- Colossians 3:3 -- Conclusion: The eclipse of Biblical narrative -- The critique of certitude in seventeenth-century England: Biblical complexity: Andrewes, Luther, Calvin -- Calvin's certainty -- Lancelot Andrewes and the mystery of godliness -- Richard Hooker and the critique of certainty -- The Barrett controversy and the Hampton Court conference -- Pax ecclesia: Richard Hooker and Robert Sanderson -- Richard Sibbes and the mystery of godliness -- Conclusion: Tradition and debate -- Adoption, doubt, and presumption: From perseverance to assurance -- Herbert, Scripture, and fellowship -- Lord Cherbury in The Temple: Faith, mystery, and understanding -- Truth and method: Error and discovery in The Temple -- The mystery of hearkening: Listening for The Odour -- Conclusion.
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