Puritanism and Liberty, being the Army Debates (1647-9)
- Alexander Dunlop Lindsay (foreword)
- Arthur Sutherland Pigott Woodhouse (editor)
- Sir William Clarke (editor)
- John Calvin (author)
- Martin Luther (author)
- John Milton (author)
- John Lilburne (author)
- Richard Overton (author)
- Henry Ireton (author)
- Thomas Rainborough (author)
- Oliver Cromwell (author)
- John Wildman (author)
This collection contains the Putney Debates, the Whitehall Debates, and numerous other documents about Puritan religious and political views during the English Revolution. The collection has pieces by many authors including John Calvin, Martin Luther, John Milton, William Prynne, Hanserd Knollys, Roger Williams, Philip Nye, Richard Mather, William Dell, John Lilburne, Richard Overton, Henry Ireton, Thomas Rainborough, Oliver Cromwell, and John Wildman.
Key Quotes
Parties & Elections
… the grand question of all is, whether or no it be the property of every individual person in the kingdom to have a vote in election[s]; and the ground [on which it is claimed] is the Law of Nature, which, for my part, I think to be that law which is the ground of all constitutions. Yet really…