Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. ABBREVIATIONS xi
5. Introduction 1
6. ONE. Assurance of Salvation in the Early Seventeenth Century 12
7. TWO. Lively Stones: John Cotton and Anne Hutchinson 28
8. THREE. The Most Glorious Church in the World: Boston, c. 1636 44
9. FOUR. Practicing Puritanism in a Strange Land: Massachusetts, c. 1636 64
10. FIVE. Secret Quarrels Turn Public: Summer 1636–January 1637 83
11. SIX. Convicting John Wheelwright: January–March 1637 106
12. SEVEN. Abimelech’s Faction: March–August 1637 126
13. EIGHT Reclaiming Cotton: August–September 1637 149
14. NINE. The November Trials: October–November 1637 166
15. TEN. An American Jezebel: November 1637–March 1638 188
16. ELEVEN. Holding Forth Darkly: March 1638–February 1641 211
17. TWELVE. Godly Endings 235
18. NOTES 247
19. INDEX 313