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Record Number: 220


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

May 3. I found a case putt in Mr A's Vindiciae Pietatis, about a violent inclination from natural temper (which suits mee), wherin he sayeth there is to be a disowning, and resisting ... Soon after in Dr Sibbs his Bruised Reed, I found that resisting sin was one degree of victory, so that if I cannot root out ill thoughts, I will resi[s]t them...

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

3 May 1685

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Isaac Archer

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1641

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

Minister

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Richard Sibbes

Title:

The Bruised Reed and Smoking Flax

Genre:

Other religious

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

220

Source:

Print

Author:

Isaac Archer

Editor:

Matthew Storey

Title:

Two East Anglian Diaries

Place of Publication:

Woodbridge, Suffolk.

Date of Publication:

1994

Vol:

n/a

Page:

171

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Isaac Archer, Matthew Storey (ed.), Two East Anglian Diaries, (Woodbridge, Suffolk., 1994), p. 171, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=220, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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