Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents xi
4. I. Preaching in the Long Parliament 1
5. II. The Genesis of the Commons Preaching Program 22
6. III. The Program of Humiliations and Thanksgivings 60
7. IV. Parliamentary Sponsors and the Puritan Preachers 98
8. V. The Plain Style and Puritan Texts 137
9. VI. Puritan Piety for a Covenanted Nation 166
10. VII. Puritanism in the Time of Civil War 197
11. Appendix One: Calendar and Checklist of Humiliations, Thanksgivings, and Preachers in the Long Parliament 237
12. Appendix Two: Calendar of Printed Sermons Preached to Members of the Long Parliament 255
13. Appendix Three: Sermons Preached to Sundry of the House of Commons, 1641 275
14. Index 281