By George M. Marsden
Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) is a towering determine in American historical past. A arguable theologian and the writer of the well-known sermon "Sinners within the arms of an offended God", he ignited the momentous nice Awakening of the 18th century. during this biography, Jonathan Edwards emerges as either an exceptional American and an excellent Christian. George Marsden conjures up the area of colonial New England within which Edwards used to be reared - a frontier civilization on the centre of a clash among local americans, French Catholics and English Protestants. Drawing at the on hand assets, Marsden demonstrates how those cultural and non secular battles formed Edwards's existence and idea. Marsden finds Edwards as a posh philosopher and individual who struggled to reconcile his Puritan background with the secular, sleek global rising out of the Enlightenment. during this, Edwards's lifestyles expected the deep contradictions of yankee tradition.
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39 The Marburg Statutes divided the teaching of theology among four Ordinarius Professors, and stipulated a daily teaching schedule. 40 For some years only the first and third of these positions were filled. By Bröske’s time there was a full complement of professors. The Professor Primarius was Sebastian Curtius (1620–1684) who served as Primarius from 1661 to 1684. The Professor Secundus was Johannes Hein (1610–1686) who filled this role from 1661 to 1684. The third Ordinarius was Henrich Duysing (1628–1691) who served in this position from 1674 to 1685; he was later promoted to Primarius.
If students were ill, arrangements were made for them to take meals in their rooms. Not surprisingly, students often pled illness in order to escape the common table. One of Bröske’s contemporaries, Johann Christian Crocius, petitioned his sponsor in 1682 to send him money directly so he could eat better food and improve his health. 83 The Stipendiaten Rechnungen, or quarterly and annual financial records, provide some idea of daily life in the Stipendiatenanstalt. The Rechnungen are the account books of the Oekonomos, recording money paid out for wood, lighting, and food as well as receipts signed by students.
4 Werner’s father Henrich was Burgermeister (mayor) in Mengeringhausen. 5 He ministered in Balhorn for fortynine years. Family roots in the Balhorn region were deepened in May 1571 when Werner was granted twelve “Morgen” of land (about ten acres) by Buchhold repeated P. Heber’s mistaken view that Bröske was born in “Wolfshagen,” despite Sommerlad’s correction. See Buchhold, Zur Geschichte der Offenbacher Lateinschule (Offenbach a. : Heinrich Cramer, 1912), p. 5 n. 1; P. Heber, Geschichte der Stadt Offenbach (Frankfurt a.
