cupotea
Puritan Board Junior
I'm in a research program at U of T where we assist a prof in researching for a book he's going to write. This year's topic is people's views of the "Massacre of the Innocents" over time. That is, Mt 2:16-18. The problem is, our study has been extremely one-sided: we've been looking at plays, art, sermons, music, etc. but are completely overlooking not just the Puritans, but Protestants altogether (according to John Gill, even "massacre of the innocents" is a Catholic name). My prof said that I can research the Puritans' views of it if I want. Yes, I'm allowed to ask other people, like y'all, for help.
Do you guys know if any Puritans (or Reformists) wrote about Herod's massacre of the infants?
I think the Puritans are especially important because of Wigglesworth's Day of Doom, the best-selling book in New England for over 90 years, in which Christ condemns new-borns because of their depravity. So far in the program we've only found opinions that the children were martyrs, and hence, going to heaven.
Please please please tell me if you know of any references to Mt 2:16! Thanks!
Btw, I know Matt wrote a sermon on it, but my prof considered that too modern to count
[Edited on 9-2-2005 by Cottonball]
Do you guys know if any Puritans (or Reformists) wrote about Herod's massacre of the infants?
I think the Puritans are especially important because of Wigglesworth's Day of Doom, the best-selling book in New England for over 90 years, in which Christ condemns new-borns because of their depravity. So far in the program we've only found opinions that the children were martyrs, and hence, going to heaven.
Please please please tell me if you know of any references to Mt 2:16! Thanks!
Btw, I know Matt wrote a sermon on it, but my prof considered that too modern to count
[Edited on 9-2-2005 by Cottonball]