[Milton-L] Antinomian Occupations

[Sanford Blackburn]

John:

Re.  #2.  Yes. Yes. Of course.  Silly of me. I must have been deliberately 
(and sub-consciously?) circuitous in my wording of #2.   Working round the 
obvious answer in an attempt to get a socio-cultural "feel" for the 
Independents.

Are there any good accounts of Independents wandering about the American 
Colonies amidst the Presbyterians?

Thanks,

Carter Kaplan



>From: John Ulreich <jcu at email.arizona.edu>
>Reply-To: John Milton Discussion List <milton-l at lists.richmond.edu>
>To: John Milton Discussion List <milton-l at lists.richmond.edu>
>Subject: Re: [Milton-L] Antinomian Occupations
>Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:18:18 -0700
>
>Carter:
>
>#2 would take more time than I have to answer. In general, after his 
>divorce from the Presbyterians, Milton was appealing primarily to 
>Independents.
>
>#1 is a slam dunk: the crucial text for Milton's view of Mosaic Law is the 
>De doctrina christiana, Chapter 27, concerning the Gospel & Christian 
>liberty, in which he argues that (i don't have the Latin text by me; I 
>quote from Carey's translation (Yale Prose, VI, 525-26)) "all the old 
>covenant, in other words the entire Mosaic law, is abolished. And further: 
>"not only the ceremonial law but  . . . the whole Mosaic law is abolished 
>by the gospel" (530-31).
>
>John Ulreich
>
>At 05:02 PM 2/21/2007, you wrote:
>
>>Will some kind person please help me with some questions:
>>
>>1) I'm looking for bits in Milton that can be read as saying the gospels 
>>abrogate Mosaic law?
>>
>>2) In Parliament and amongst Presbyterians in the 1640s, might we find a 
>>willingness or a tolerance to entertain heterodox and radical ideas as we 
>>move across the social chess board? That is to say, amongst the 
>>Presbyterians, is such open-mindedness linked to education, economic 
>>class, or other such criteria? (I am looking into how these dynamics play 
>>out in America during this same time: Anne Hutchinson, Hester Prynne, and 
>>so on.)
>>Along these lines (and back to Milton) what sorts of people could 
>>sympathize with Milton's  On the New Forces of Conscience Under the Long 
>>Parliment: "...When they shall read this clearly in your charge: New 
>>Presbyter is but Old Priest writ large" ?
>>
>>Many thanks,
>>
>>Carter Kaplan
>>
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