Author
Thomas Shepard
1605–1649
Thomas Shepard. Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Sincere Convert and The Sound Believer are classics of Puritan self-examination. Harvard overseer.
Works in the Library 4
Theses Sabbatical 1650
Shepard's systematic treatment of Sabbath doctrine addressing its morality, change, sanctification, and application to believers as a moral law.
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A Treatise of Liturgies, Power of the Keys, and of Matter of the Visible Church 1653
Shepard's treatise on church governance, liturgy, and ecclesiastical authority, responding to John Ball's positions on visible church structure and discipline.
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Eye-Salve 1673
Shepard's election sermon warning against apostasy, recounting God's providential care for New England and exhorting continued faithfulness to covenant obligations.
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The Sound Believer 1742
Shepard's theological work on authentic Christian belief, examining the marks and characteristics of genuine faith in Puritan spiritual experience.
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Passages Thomas Shepard cites most
Bible verses most often cited across these 4 works. Each links to everything in the library on that verse.
Acts 2:377×
Acts 2:417×
Genesis 2:27×
Romans 5:17×
Romans 3:206×
Romans 8:16×
1 Corinthians 5:125×
1 Corinthians 16:15×
1 John 3:15×
Galatians 2:195×
Galatians 2:205×
Romans 3:245×
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