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Robert Abbot
Robert Abbott (c. 1560–1618) was an English Puritan theologian and bishop whose pastoral writings, particularly Milk for Babes, exemplified the early modern effort to make Reformed theology accessible to lay audiences and children. His work bridged the gap between academic divinity and popular religious instruction, contributing significantly to the development of catechetical literature during the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean periods. Abbott's emphasis on practical piety and doctrinal clarity reflected broader Puritan concerns with spiritual formation and the democratization of religious knowledge in post-Reformation England.
From A Trial of Our Church-Forsakers
Robertus Abbott librum hunc, quo Celebritas Anglicanae Ecclesiae, ministerij, & cultus, asseritur, & qui Ecclesiae matri, ut pacifici amoris pignus dicatur, ad perpetuam observantiae Justae memoriam, ut magno in eadem Ecclesia Patri, ejusdemque causae Patrono, humiliter dat, & consecrat. DEare and blessed Mother) thou hast been long pestered with undutifull, yea unnaturall sons. Sometimes they have beene superstitious, sometimes prophane, and for some yeares, some that have professed themselves best to God, have beene undutifull to thee. It is an ill signe, if children acknowledge a father, and deny a mother, that all hath not beene well Doest thou live in perpetuall adulteries and rebellions that thy children renounce thee? Surely thy love is to thy husband alone. Though when thy husband knowes of it, and hee doth not mislike it, nay, gives thee generall allowance, thou takest some ornaments and Iewels from blessed and good men▪ yet is thy…
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Works in the Library 2
A Trial of Our Church-Forsakers 1639
Abbot defends the Church of England's legitimacy against Separatist critics, arguing for its true church status, valid ministry, and authentic worship.
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Milk for Babes 1646
Abbot's catechism for children presents essential Christian doctrines through exposition and application, supplemented by three sermons on faith and church practice.
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1 Corinthians 5:14×
1 Corinthians 6:14×
1 Timothy 3:154×
Ephesians 1:34×
Romans 7:244×
Romans 13:54×
1 Corinthians 6:93×
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