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Vindication of the Government of New‐England Churches, A

The Oxford Companion to American Literature | 1995 | 652 words | Copyright

Vindication of the Government of New‐England Churches, A, by John Wise, published in 1717, is a forceful exposition of the principles of ecclesiastical polity of New England Congregationalism, based on the theory that the best government of the church derives from the best government of the state, which Wise believed to be founded on the idea of human equality. His discussion of the rights of man presents him as one of the forerunners of Jeffersonian ideas. Because of the democratic theme, which transcends the specific issues, the book was republished in 1772 and widely read prior to the Revolution and again in 1860 before the Civil War.

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