‘See sincerity sparkle in thy practice' : antidotes to hypocrisy in British print sermons, 1640–1695

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Abstract

Seventeenth-century British preachers persistently defined hypocrisy in contrast to its divine antidote: sincerity. This article looks at four such case studies from across the ‘puritan’-‘Anglican’ divide, analysing the sermons of the Independent Nicholas Lockyer, the Presbyterian Christopher Love, the Church of England clergyman James Oldfield, and the archbishop of Canterbury John Tillotson. It considers to what extent Protestant instruction on sincerity and hypocrisy shifted according to religious affiliation and socio-political context, arguing that although these sermons possessed considerable continuities in their theological underpinnings, they also exhibited divergences in focus and instruction that are sometimes, but not always, predictable along denominational lines. These differences held weighty implications for the individual receiving spiritual guidance on how to forswear hypocrisy and live a truly sincere life, particularly throughout the period of instability and contention that marked Britain from the Civil Wars to the Glorious Revolution.

Item Type: Journal Article
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > History
Journal or Publication Title: Studies in Church History
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISSN: 0424-2084
Official Date: June 2024
Dates:
Date
Event
June 2024
Published
23 May 2024
Available
8 February 2024
Accepted
Volume: 60
Page Range: pp. 238-263
DOI: 10.1017/stc.2024.9
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons open licence)
Copyright Holders: Copyright © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Ecclesiastical History Society
Description:

The church, hypocrisy and dissimulation

Date of first compliant deposit: 5 March 2024
Date of first compliant Open Access: 24 May 2024
Funder: AHRC Midlands4Cities
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AH/RO12725/1
[AHRC] Arts and Humanities Research Council
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URI: https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/183816/

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