A Short Account of the Life and Conversion of the Rev. John Berridge

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A Short Account of the Life and Conversion of the Rev. John Berridge

Printed in London By J. Chalmers for J. Matthews...1794

A Fascinating Piece from the Influential Evangelical Preacher. Complete in All Respects with Final Advertisement.

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A Fascinating Piece from the Influential Evangelical Preacher. Complete in All Respects with Final Advertisement.

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A Fascinating Piece from the Influential Evangelical Preacher. Complete in All Respects with Final Advertisement.

The volume(s) measure about cm. by cm. by cm.

Each leaf measures about 205 mm. by 125 mm.

The full title reads as follows:

“A Short Account of the Life and Conversion of the Rev. John Berridge, M.A. Late Vicar of Everton, Bedfordshire. In a Letter From Himself to A Clergyman. In Which is Given, A Relation of the Great Work of God Among Mr. Berridge’s People. First Published in the Year 1760. To which is Added, An Elegy Written and Published at his Death: and an Epitaph inscribed on his Tomb-Stone, Written by Himself. / … / London: Printed and Published by J. Chalmers, 81, Old-Street. Sold Also by J. Mathews, Strand; M. Trapp. No. 1 , J. Parsons, No. 21, and W. Button, No, 24, Pater-Noster-Row; T. Chapman, No. 151, Fleet-Street; W. Ash, No. 16, and J. Murgatroyd, No. 73, Chiswell-Street; D. Taylor, Union-Street, Bishopsgate-Street; T. Stratton, No. 12, Tottenham-Court-Road; J. Bellman, Potton; and J. Fenley, Bristol. MDCCXCIV. (price sixpence)”

The Volume is Complete in All Respects with Final Advertisement.

The volume is paginated as follows: [5]-33, [3].

The volume collates as follows: [A]-D4, E2.

The Volume is in Very good Condition Disbound, with generally clean, amply margined leaves, with the margins toned and little else in the way of stains or tears

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Of John Berridge

John Berridge was an evangelical Anglican minister, known for the popularity of his late career sermons preaching salvation by faith. As part of the eighteenth-century evangelical revival, Berridge went through a series of personal revelation leading to his prominence within the period. He describes his spiritual journey through his own epitaph:

“I was born in Sin, February 1716. Remained Ignorant of my fallen sate till 1730. Lived proudly on Faith and Works for Salvation till 1754. Admitted to Everton Vicarage 1755. Fled to Jesus alone for Refuge 1756. Fell asleep in Christ January 22, 1793.”

He references entering the clergy with his ‘Fallen State till 1730.’ and then his initial posts at Stapleford with ‘Lived proudly on Faith and Works for Salvation till 1754.’ his reference to specific doctrine is telling, as he felt his sermons based on these ideas were ineffective. After his move to Everton, Berridge experienced a personal revelation, and abandoned the doctrine of salvation by works to that of only faith, as he describes ‘Fled to Jesus alone for Refuge.‘ it was after this final conversion that he gained his reputation, with sermons inspiring “very curious physical effects” among the listeners. Those in attendance “cried out aloud hysterically, some were thrown into strong convulsions, and some fell into a kind of trance”

 

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