I. The Protestant emotions. Cultivating the affections -- Despair and salvation -- The meaning of mourning -- Desire -- Joy -- II. The Protestant at prayer. The meaning of prayer -- Answering prayer -- The practice of prayer -- Speaking to God -- Prayer as struggle -- III. The Protestant and the Word. Reading -- Writing -- IV. The Protestant in company. The experience of worship -- Prayer in the household -- V. The Protestant life. The meaning of life -- The stages of life
Summary
A comprehensive account of what it actually meant to live a Protestant life in England and Scotland between c. 1530-1640. The focus is on material reality and the real experience of actual believers, drawn from diaries and other direct testimonies
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 476-490) and index