Selected Spiritual Writings of Anne Dutton: The autobiography

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Mercer University Press, 2003 - 262 pages
The autobiography is in three parts with and appendix of her publications and life history until 1750, and her famous letter on the lawfulness of a woman appearing in print. It is a priceless treasure of an eighteenth century British Baptist woman's life, ministry, publications and contribution of Evangelicalism in England and in America. Dutton gives her own account of her own of her conversion experience, two marriages, ministry contributions with her yokefellow husband, Benjamin Dutton and his death at sea. Dutton's autobiography is important. Because it highlights important moments in her life and records her influential publishing carrier and correspondence. it includes her famous letter on her right to publish influential theological and spiritual works. Her autobiography shows firsthand the vast contributions and prolific career and ministry of a woman in this era. Her areas of ministry include writing, correspondence, books, and tracts. These show her great contribution to the evangelicalism and her great spiritual and theological life and contribution to the Baptist ministry and church and Evangelicalism in America and England. A work of a woman in her own hand is a great rarity from the eighteenth century.

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Contents

The Work of Divine Grace on the Heart in a Saving Conversation to Christ and to Some Establishment in Him
1
A Train of Special Providences Attending Life by Which the Work of Faith Was Carried on with Power
45
Some Particular Experiences of the Lords Goodness in Bringing Out Several Little Tract to the Furtherance and Joy of Faith
159
An Appendix
213
To Shew that BookTeaching Is Private with Respect to the Church and Permitted to Private Christians Yea Commanded to Those of Either Sex Who ...
253
Index
259
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