John Scott - The Christian Life 5 vols.

[davejonescue]

Hello everyone, was linking some Puritans today from EEBO-TCP, and came across a person by the name of John Scott, defined as a Puritan by PRTS's Puritan Search, https://prts.edu/researchtools/#/puritans/ . I see that he has a 5 volume work entitled "The Christian Life" and it looks like it is a Systematic Theology type of book. Was just wanting to make this work known to the publishers on here, as of all the Puritan works I have linked, it is rare to find something so multi-voluminous by them. Might be a work that has been potentially overlooked. Any info on this work would be appreciated too. The links to those works are below, and since they are typed up, it would make for easier editing as opposed to the facsimiles copying. This will be part of the automated correction process, but just wanted to throw these out here for anybody interested.

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A58787.0001.001?view=toc

The Christian life part III. Wherein the great duties of justice, mercy, and mortification are fully explained and inforced. Vol. IV. By John Scott D.D. late rector of St. Giles's in the Fields.

The Christian life wheren is shew'd, I. The worth and excellency of the soul. II. The divinity and incarnation of our Saviour III. The authority of the Holy Scripture. IV. A dissuasive from apostacy. Vol. V. and last. By John Scott, D.D. late rector

The Christian life. Part II wherein that fundamental principle of Christian duty, the doctrine of our Saviours mediation, is explained and proved, volume II / by John Scott ...

The Christian life. Part II wherein the fundamental principles of Christian duty are assigned, explained, and proved : volume I / by John Scott ...

The Christian life. Vol. 5 and last wherein is shew'd : I. The worth and excellency of the soul, II. The divinity and incarnation of our Saviour, III. The authority of the Holy Scripture, IV. A dissuasive from apostacy / by John Scott ...

 

[TylerRay]

The author has a wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Scott_(1639–1695)

 

[NaphtaliPress]

Seems like a conformist Anglican. What's your dividing line as to who is and is not a puritan?

 

[davejonescue]

Seems like a conformist Anglican. What's your dividing line as to who is and is not a puritan?

Since I am no expert, I heavily rely on experts in the field. This name was taken from Puritan Reformed Theological Seminaries list of Puritans https://prts.edu/researchtools/#/puritans/ . My personal definition of a Puritan is those looking to reform the CoE, but in a broader sense, Non-Conformists from the year 1550-1700 that dont overtly include Brownists, Quakers, Pilgrims, or Papists, I think there is some wiggle room regarding some Separatists, because I think many which became Pilgrims, or Brownists, and of what I understand, they almost all started as Puritans but thought salvaging the national church was useless, and of course, the early Baptists like John Bunyan and Benjamin Keach.

The Index I am working on relies solely on the expert opinion of others; APM, PRDL, DNB, suggestions from here, PRTS, Beeke and Pedersons "Meet the," Brooks 3 vol. "Lives of," Lyons 3 vol. "N-C under Persecution, and Calamys 2 vol. "N-C Memorial." I am no way personally qualified to start defining Puritans. Like yesterday I was linking more people for the Index, and came across a person on none of the lists so far to my knowledge "Robert Coachman/Cushman" but again, he is listed as a Puritan in "Worldly Saints" by Leland Ryken.

 

[davejonescue]

Seems like a conformist Anglican. What's your dividing line as to who is and is not a puritan?

So far, from all the above mentioned sources, these are the Puritan/Non-Conformists I have found works on EEBO-TCP so far for the Index; which is the main reason I am searching for them.

Thomas Adams – Henry Ainsworth – Joseph Alleine – Richard Allestree – Isaac Ambrose – William Ames – Timothy Armitage – John Arrowsmith – Simeon Ashe – Bartholomew Ashwood – William Attersoll – Robert Baillie – John Ball – William Bates – Richard Baxter – Lewis Bayly – Paul Bayne – Hugh Binning – Thomas Blake – Robert Bolton – Samuel Bolton – John Bond – Oliver Bowles – Nicholas Bowd – William Bridge – John Brinsley – Thomas Brooks – Ralph Brownrig – John Bunyan – Cornelius Burges – Anthony Burgess – Daniel Burgess – Jeremiah Burroughs – Henry Burton – Adoniram Byfield – Nicholas Byfield – Richard Byfield – Edward Calamy – Archibald Campbell – John Campbell – Richard Capel – John Carter – Thomas Carter – William Carter – Thomas Cartwright – Joseph Caryl – Thomas Case – Daniel Cawdry – Thomas Cawton – Humphrey Chambers – Stephen Charnock – Nicholas Cheney – Francis Cheynell – Nicholas Clagett – Samuel Clarke – Robert Cleaver – Thomas Cobbet – Thomas Coleman – John Cook – Edward Corbet – John Cotton – Walter Cradock – Zachary Crofton – Samuel Crossman – Ezekiel Culverwell – Arthur Dent – Edward Dering – David Dickson – John Dod – Thomas Doolittle – John Downame – Calybute Downing – John Durant – James Durham – John Dury – Robert Abbot – Henry Airay – John Allin – Vincent Alsop – John Angel – Henry Archer – William Aspinwall – Robert Asty – Sir Richard Baker – John Bale – Edward Barber – Praise-God Barebone – Randal Bate – Thomas Beard – Thomas Bacon – Sebastian Benefield – John Boys – William Bradshaw – Anne Bradstreet – Thomas Brewer – Thomas Brightman – Hugh Broughton – Peter Bulkly – Edmund Bunny – Francis Bunny – William Burton – John Canne – Mary Cary – Robert Cawdrey – William Charke – Charles Chauncey – Abraham Cheare – David Clarkson – Richard Clifton – Elisha Coles – William Cooper – Francis Cornwell – Miles Coverdale – Benjamin Cox – James Cranford – Samuel Crook – Robert Crowley – John Darrell – Nicholas Darton – John Davenport – Henry Denne – Robert Dingley – Daniel Dyke – Jeremiah Dyke – Samuel Danforth – John Earle – Thomas Edwards – John Eedes – Stephen Egerton – Christopher Elderfield – John Eliot – Christopher Feake – Daniel Featley – Humphrey Fenn – Dudley Fenner – John Field – Nathaniel Fiennes – Edward Fisher – John Fisk – John Flavel – John Forbes – Thomas Ford – John Foxcroft – John Foxe – John Frewen – John Frost – William Fulke – Thomas Fuller – Hannibal Gammon – Thomas Gattaker – Richard Gawton – William Gearing – Edward Gee – John Gee – John Geree – Stephen Geree – Samuel Gibson – George Gifford – Anthony Gilby – Alexander Gill – George Gillespie – Richard Gilpin – John Glynne – Christopher Goodman – Thomas Goodwin – Thomas Gouge – William Gouge – Stanley Gower – John Graile – Thomas Grantham – Andrew Gray – John Green – Richard Greenham – William Greenhill – Henry Greenwood – John Green Greenwood – Obadiah Grew – Alexander Gross – John Gumbleden – William Gurnall – John Hacket – Thomas hall – Henry Hammond – Humphrey Hardwicke – Nathaniel Hardy – Robert Harris – Michael Harrison – Thomas Helwys – Alexander Henderson – Matthew Henry – Charles Herle – Arthur Hesilrige – Richard Heyrick – Oliver Heywood – Gasper Hickes – Samuel Hieron – Francis Higginson – Arthur Hildersham – Robert Hill – Thomas Hill – William Hinde – Thomas Hodges – Richard Holdsworth – Thomas Holland – Nathaniel Homes – William Hooke – Thomas Hooker – Ezekiel Hopkins – John Howe – Joshua Hoyle – William Hubbock – Alexander Hume – Lawrence Humphrey – John Jackson – Henry Jacob – Samuel Jacomb – Thomas Jacomb – John James – James Janeway – William Jeffery – William Jemmat – William Jenkyn – Edward Johnson – Francis Johnson – Thomas Jollie – Benjamin Keach – John Kettlewell – Andrew Kingsmill – John Knewstubs – Hanserd Knollys – John Knox – Thomas Lamb – John Langley – Edward Lawrence – Henry Lawrence – Samuel Lee – Edward Leigh – Alexander Leighton – Thomas Lever – John Ley- John Lightfoot – Edmund Littleton – Christopher Love – Richard Love – Robert Mandevill – Thomas Manton – Edward Marbury – Stephen Marshall – Walter Marshall – Cotton Mather – Increase Mather – Richard Mather – Samuel Mather – John Maynard – Matthew Mead – Joseph Mede – William Mew – Robert Midgley – John Milton – Thomas Mockett – Edward Montagu – Stephen More – Peter Du Moulin – John Murcot – William Negus – Christopher Ness – Henry Newcome – Matthew Newcomen – Thomas Newhouse – George Newton – Josias Nichols – William Nicholson - John Norton – James Noyes – Philip Nye – John Owen – John Oxenbridge – Thomas Paget – Eusebius Pagit – Ephraim Pagitt – Herbert Palmer – Robert Parker – Thomas Parker – Thomas Patient – Edward Pearse – William Pemble – John Pendarves – Henry Pendlebury – John Penry – William Perkins – Andrew Perne – Hugh Peters – Samuel Petto – George Philips – John Philips – Benjamin Pickering – William Pierrepont – William Pinke – Edward Polhill – Mathew Poole – Gabriel Powel – John Preston – William Price – John Prime – Nicholas Proffet – John Rainolds – Henry Ramsden – Petrus Ramus – John Randall – Nathaniel Ranew – William Rathband – Richard Resbury – Edward Reynolds – Robert Rich – Francis Roberts – John Robinson – Ralph Robinson – Henry Roborough – Ezekiel Rogers – John Rogers – Nathaniel Rogers – Nehemiah Rogers – Richard Rogers – Timothy rogers – Francis Rous – Benjamin Rudyerd – Samuel Rutherford – Thomas Sampson – William Sandbrooke – Robert Sanderson – William Sclater – Henry Scougal – Henry Scudder – Lazarus Seaman – Obediah Sedgwick – Samuel Sewall – Thomas Shepard – John Shower – Josias Shute – Richard Sibbes – George Sikes – John Simpson – Peter Smart – Henry Smith – John Smyth – William Spurstowe – Edmund Staunton – Richard Steele Peter Sterry – Oliver St. John – Richard Stock – Solomon Stoddard – Samuel Stone – John Stoughton – John Strickland – William Strode – William Strong – Lewis Stuckley – George Swinnock – Cuthbert Sydenham – Matthew Sylvester – Joseph Symonds – Richard Taverner – Francis Taylor – Thomas Taylor – Thomas Temple – William Thomas – Thomas Thorowgood – Job Throgmorton – Henry Tozer – Robert Trail – John Trapp – Walter Travers – Francis Trigge – George Trosse – Anthony Tuckney – William Turner – William Twisse – John Udall – James Ussher – Thomas Valentine – Henry Vane – Thomas Venner – Ralph Venning – John Vicars – Nathaniel Vincent – Thomas Vincent – Richard Vines – George Walker – John Wallis – Nathaniel Ward – Samuel Ward – Thomas Watson – John Weemes – Thomas Westfield – William Whateley – Francis Whiddon – William Whitaker – John White – Thomas White – Henry Whitfield – Samuel Whiting – Jeremiah Whittaker – William Whittingham – Michael Wigglesworth – Robert Wild – John Wilde – Henry Wilkinson Sr. – Henry Wilkinson Jr. – Henry (dean) Wilkinson – Samuel Willard – Andrew Willet – Roger Williams – John Wilson – Thomas Wilson – John Winthrop – George Wither (clergy) – George Wither (poet) – Benjamin Woodbridge – Francis Woodcock – Giles Workman – Anthony Wotton – John Yates – Richard Bernard – John Bradford – David Calderwood – John Collinges – Edward Elton – George Estey – James Ferguson – George Hutcheson – Arthur Jackson – Hugh Latimer – Matthew Lawrence – Robert Leighton – John Mayer – Daniel Mayo – Richard Mayo – Peter Muffet – James Nalton – Alexander Nisbet – Elnathan Parr – Thomas Pierson – William Prynne – John Quick – Edward Reyner – Nicholas Ridley – Robert Rollock – Samuel Slater – Samuel Smith- John Wells – Daniel Williams--George Abbot --John Allin --Robert Austin --Samuel Balmford --William Benn --John Biscoe --Edward Calver --Laurence Chaderton --John Corbet --Thomas Crane --William Crashaw --William Crompton --John Dobson --Charles Edwards --Samuel Fisher--John Flower--James Forester--Thomas Gilbert--John Godolphin--Richard Gove--Adam Harsnett--Francis Hastings--William Hicks--William Higford--Francis Holcroft--Hezekiah Holland--William Hook--George Hughes--Henry Jeanes--William Jemmat--Robert Jenison--Samuel Kem--Thomas Larkham--Christopher Lawne--George Lawrence--Nicholas Lockyer--Humphrey Lynde--Martin Marprelate--Charles Morton--Samuel Nowell--David Papillion--Thomas Peters--Oliver Pigg--Theophilus Polwhele--Stephen Scandrett--Thomas Sorocold--Thomas Sparke--John Stalham--Owen Stockton--John Stubbs--John Tilsley--William Tipping--Samuel Torshell--Thomas Welde--John Wells--Perceval Wiburn--Benjamin Agas--William Alleine--Theodosia Alleine--Samuel Annesley--Antony Ascham--William Aspinwall--Edward Bagshawe--William Bagshawe--Thomas Bakewell--James Barker--John Barret--William Barrett--James Barry d.1719—James Barry--John Bartlet--William Bartlet--John Bastwick--John Bryan--Thomas Draxe--Richard Fairclough--Giles Firmin--Christopher Fowler--Thomas Froysell--Martin Fynch--John Gaule--John Grayle--Henry Hickman--Leonard Hoar--Thomas Horton--Charles Hotham--Obadiah Howe--John Humfrey—John Donne--Henry Lukin--Thomas Lye--Richard Maden--Adam Martindale--Robert McWard--Benjamin Needler--James Owen--Samuel Palmer--Anthony Palmer--Samuel Rolls--John Rowe--Joshua Scottow--Samuel Shaw--Nathaniel Stephens--John Stockwood--Benjamin Stonham--Thomas Thache—Thomas Thatcher (non-PRDL)--Laurence Tomson--William Tong--Joseph Truman--Edward Willan--Thomas Wolfall—Richard Adams-John Angier-Thomas Badland-Nathaniel Ball—Matthew Barker—Thomas Barnes—William Beerman—William Bidbank—John Billingsley—Nicholas Balkie—Edward Buckler—Edward Bury—Jon Bush—Isaac Chauncy—John Chishull-William Cooke—Thomas Cooper—Samual Corbyn—Stephen Coven—Nehemiah Cox—Samuel Cradock—Francis Crow—Thomas Danson—James Davies—George Day—Edward Delamaine—Edward Dent—John Fairfax—John Faldo—Sir Henry Finch—Stephen Ford—Richard Franklin—Francis Fuller—John Gibbs—William Gilbert—John Grosnold—John Grant—Vavasor Powell—Thomas Byrdall—John Clarke—Daniel Cudmore—Willem Teellinck—Bartimaeus Andrewes—John Andrewes—Benjamin Austin—Thomas Beverly—Edward Bowles—Robert Coachman—Thomas Cole—Alexander Cooke—Samuel Hammond—Joseph Hill—Nicholas Noyes—John Robotham—Thomas Rosewell—Mary Rowlandson—John Scott—John Sheffield—Thomas Stoughton—John Troughton—William Troughton—Edward Warren—Peter Wentworth—Thomas Whitfield—James Wood--

I still have to finish searching Calamy and Lyons. One of my ultimate goals is that they all get exposure; not just the same 20 or 30 you usually hear talked about in most forums. No shade, but if they can be brought into the open, instead of buried in history; all the better.

 

[Phil D.]

"Puritan" seems questionable, but at least some of his writings did make it into Gibson's Preservative Against Popery.

 

[davejonescue]

"Puritan" seems questionable, but at least some of his writings did make it into Gibson's Preservative Against Popery.

And that's really the consensus I have to accept; that is, there seems to be no definitive list of Puritans among experts in their own right. Some would say Bunyan isnt a Puritan because he was Baptist, some would say Edwards is the last, and others he isnt because he lived too late. Some say Puritanism is confined to a historical period, others say its a "spirit of Puritanism" and will include people like Spurgeon, Lloyd-Jones, and Packer. Some would say it is only those who wished to reform the C of E, others, like Geree would include Non-Conformists in general as Puritans. That is why I am letting the experts define them for me, and if PRTS say hes a Puritan, its good enough for me.

 

[Pilgrim72]

I found a little bit about him online:

"John Scott, a learned divine, was born in the parish of Chippingham, in Wiltshire, in 1638, and, not being intended for a literary profession, served an apprenticeship in London, much against his will, for about three years, when he went to Oxford, where he was admitted a commoner of New Inn in 1657; but he left the university without taking a degree, and being ordained, came to London, where he officiated in the perpetual curacy of Trinity in the Minories, and as minister of St. Thomas's in Southwark. In 1677 he was presented to the rectory of St. Peter Le Poor, in Old Broad-street; and was collated to a prebend in St. Paul's cathedral in 1684. In 1685 he accumulated the degrees of bachelor and doctor in divinity. In 1691 he succeeded Sharp, afterwards archbishop of York, in the rectory of St. Giles-in-the-Fields; and in the same year he was made canon of Windsor. He died in 1694, and was buried in St. Giles's church. When Popery was encroaching under Charles II and James II, he was one of those champions who opposed it with great warmth and courage, particularly in the dedication of a sermon preached at Guildhall chapel, Nov. 5, 1683, to Sir William Hooker, lord mayor of London, in which he declares that "Domitian and Dioclesian were but puny persecutors and bunglers in cruelty, compared with the infallible cut-throats of the apostolical chair." His principal work is The Christian Life. The first part was published 1681, 8vo, with this title, "The Christian Life, from its beginning to its consummation in Glory, together with the several means and instruments of Christianity conducing there unto, with directions for private devotion and forms of prayer, fitted to the several states of Christians;" in 1685 another part, "wherein the fundamental principles of Christian duty are assigned, explained, and proved;" in 1686 another part, "wherein the doctrine of our Saviour's mediation is explained and proved." He published also Examination of Bellarmine's Eighth Note concerning Sanctity of Doctrine; The Texts Examined, which Papists cite out of the Bible concerning Prayer in an Unknown Tongue; Certain Cases of Conscience resolved, concerning the lawfulness of joining with Forms of Prayer in public worship; A Collection of Cases and other Discourses lately written to recover Dissenters to the Communion of the Church of England, 1685, 4to. All his works were published in 2 vols, fol, 1704."


An interesting note is found in Athenæ Oxonienses. Vol. 2

“John Scot of New Inn.—This learned Divine, who is not yet mentioned in these Fasti, because he took no degree in Arts, or in any other faculty, hath published divers books of Divinity (some of which were against Popery in the Reign of K. Jam. 2.) and therefore he is hereafter to crave a place among the Oxford Writers.”

 

[AReformedFundamentalist]

Seems like a conformist Anglican. What's your dividing line as to who is and is not a puritan?

William Gurnall too was a conformist anglican yet I believe most here would still consider him a puritan. Just him conforming doesn't not make him a puritan in my opinion.