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Achinstein, Sharon, 142, 199n.12, 200nn.29, 31 Anna of Denmark, 177n.31 antitrinitarianism, 114, 123–26, 193n.19, 195nn.37, 41 Arminianism, 64, 114, 117, 121, 194n.26 Arminius, Jacobus, 114 Askew, Anne, 172n.7 Augustine, 11, 12, 51, 141, 174n.30 autobiography: in early modern period, 8–9, 11; effect of Protestant Reformation on, 11; as expression of group identity, 3, 9; and individualism, 9, 11; in nineteenth century, 9; use of term, 9, 174n.22. See also confession of faith Barlow, William, 53, 181n.9 Bedford, Ronald, 9, 173n.21 Bellarmine, Robert, 46, 58, 179nn.48, 50–51 Brooks, Peter, 141, 198n.8 Browne, Thomas: 2, 14–15, 110–36, 142, 146, 164; Garden of Cyrus, 112; Hydriotaphia, 112; Pseudodoxia Epidemica, 112; Religio Medici (all versions), 2, 13, 15, 110–36, 162; Religio Medici (Pembroke manuscript), 15, 110–17, 122–23, 191n.6; revisions to Religio Medici, 15, 111–12, 116–17, 122–23, 130, 132–36, 195n.41 Buchanan, George, 24 Bunyan, John, 11–12, 15–16, 139–63, 164–65, 168; Christian Behaviour, 149; Doctrine of the Law and Grace Unfolded, 143–47, 151, 152, 157, 160, 199n.16, 202n.49; Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, 11–13, 15–16, 139–46, 149–65; Holy City, 150, 200n.28; I Will Pray with the Spirit, 149; Pilgrim’s Progress, 157, 162–63; Relation of the Imprisonment of Mr. John Bunyan, 147–50, 159, 198nn.9–10, 199n.23; Resurrection of the Dead, 150; Some Gospel Truths Opened, 143 Canons of 1604, 113, 117 Carey, John, 54, 181n.7, 182n.13 Casaubon, Isaac, 47 catechisms, 10, 12, 113, 115–16, 127, 132, 174nn.27, 31, 193n.13, 194n.26, 196n.54. See also confession of faith, relationship to catechisms Charles I, 61, 63, 71–73, 97, 113, 134 Charles II, 100, 165, 166 Chillingworth, William, 119 Collinson, Patrick, 6, 172nn.8, 10, 13 confession (of sins), 11, 68–71, 185n.44 confession of faith: defined, 1–4, 9–13; as forensic device, 3, 4, 12, 78, 103, 109, 115, 136; formal and stylistic features, 2–3, 6, 9–10, 12, 42, 51, 59, 111–12, 167; and group affiliation, 3, 9, 40–41, 46, 55, 58, 111, 116–17, 132, 135–36, 142–43, 151–52; and inner experience, 12, 89–90, 94–95, 104, 108, 152–60; performative nature of, 3, 12, 29–30, 36, 64–65, 68, 78, 142–43; relationship to catechisms, 12, 113, 115–16, 127; relationship to creeds, 2–3, 9–11, 22, 41–42, 113, 126–27, 146; relationship to polemic, 3–4, 7, 9, 12–13, 78; relationship to spiritual autobiography, 1, 11–12, 78–79, 141 controversial literature. See polemic conversion, 7, 39, 48–49, 51, 58, 140–42, 165, 166. See also John Donne, conversion creeds, 2, 10, 46, 72; and Christianity’s “creedal imperative,” 10. See also confession of faith, relationship to creeds Cromwell, Oliver, 104–5, 108, 190n.37 Cummings, Brian, 6, 42, 177n.20, 180n.1, 183n.22 index 220 index de Man, Paul, 174n.22 Denonain, Jean-Jacques, 114, 132, 191nn.1, 3, 193n.20, 196n.53, 197n.59 Digby, Kenelm, 125, 195n.42 disnarration, 6, 51, 172n.12 Donne, John, 1–2, 13–14, 50–73, 78, 112, 116, 132, 142, 164; Biathanatos, 57; conversion of, 2, 14, 50–53, 55–60, 62–64, 68, 73; Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, 13, 14, 51, 60–73, 132; Holy Sonnets, 52; PseudoMartyr , 2, 14, 50–60; Satyre III, 52 Dort, Synod of, 114, 117 Dragstra, Henk, 8–9, 173n.21 Duffy, Eamon, 6, 172n.13 Dunn, Kevin, 87, 186n.4, 187n.13, 188n.16 Elizabeth I, 5, 6, 23–29, 37, 39, 41, 45, 46, 172n.10, 176nn.9, 14, 16, 180n.55 Exclusion Crisis, 165 Fallon, Stephen, 78, 107, 172n.11, 186n.4, 187n.6, 189n.28, 191n.39 Fish, Stanley, 111–12, 125, 173n.19, 186n.4, 192n.10, 195n.43 Foxe, John, 11, 51, 174n.30 Frost, Kate, 73, 183n.29, 184n.36, 186nn.46–47 Goldberg, Jonathan, 23, 26, 29, 36, 54, 175nn.2, 4, 176nn.12, 14, 17, 177n.26, 182nn.14, 17, 184n.33 Green, Ian, 12, 113, 174nn.27, 31, 192n.12 Grotius, Hugo, 47 Guibbory, Achsah, 192nn.7, 9, 194nn.26, 31 Guillory, John, 87, 188nn.16, 19 Gunpowder Plot, 42–43, 48, 130 Haigh, Christopher, 5, 6, 8, 172nn.8, 13, 173nn.17, 18 Hall, Joseph, 80, 88, 89...

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