James II attempted a counter-invasion, but was defeated at the Battle of the Boyne

Upon arrival in Mexico City Cortez was amazed by the peaceful co-existence of the native tribes.

Romans Chapter One tells us that the road to reprobation begins with ingratitude

During Cromwell’s rule, many royalist Cavaliers of the Anglican faith fled to Virginia.

Defoe employed his journalistic skills to renounce the unlawful rebellion against James II

Defoe’s brilliant success in business funded his writing career later in life.

God allows suffering to prove His people love Him independent of His blessings

The novel reinforces Rousseau’s theory of the Noble Savage, untainted by modern civilization

Robinson Crusoe was modeled after the parable of the prodigal son & his shipwrecked faith

Defoe was raised a Presbyterian and remained true to the Reformed faith all his life

The practice of paedo-communion is a wide-open door for hypocrisy in the church.

Because a healthy state requires a healthy church, taxes must support Christian ministers.

Jonathan Edwards carried Mather’s experiential approach into the Great Awakening.

Mather’s slave, Onesimus, was a pioneer in the science of vaccine epidemiology

Mather was the first American to be elected a member of Britain’s *Royal Society.

Mather exposed his hypocrisy in condemning the slave trade yet owning a slave

By 1700 the third generation of Puritans in America was well-established in the faith

Mather saw Newton’s discoveries as proof of the existence of God.

The Christian apologist’s task is to overwhelm the natural man with an abundance of evidence

Civil participation based on property ownership rather than church membership was long overdue

Winthrop envisioned the Boston Ecclesiocracy as “a shining city set on a hill.”

True liberty is the freedom to obey the commandment of God

Rhode Island was the only colony that rejected the covenant model of government

In his Model of Charity sermon, Winthrop laid the foundation for American democracy

After reforming the Church of England, the Puritans embarked for the New World.

Winthrop insisted that liberty was the right of the individual to do whatever he wanted to do.

Participation in civil government was at first restricted to covenanted church members

Winthrop’s a-millennialism persuaded him of God’s indiscriminate blessing & curse in history.

The U.S. Constitution is based on the covenant model of government set up by Winthrop.

The Puritans sought to purify the Church of England from within