Peter Sterry

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Cambridge

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Emmanuel

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of London

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at Emmanuel he "came under the influence of the Platonist Benjamin Whichcote."

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The way of God with his people in these nations. Opened in a thanksgiving sermon, preached on the 5th of November, 1656 (1657) by Peter Sterry
The true way of uniting the people of God in these nations. Opened in a sermon (1660) by Peter Sterry
The teachings of Christ in the soule. Opened in a sermon before the Right Honble House of Peers (1648) by Peter Sterry
The spirit convincing of sinne. Opened in a sermon before the Honorable House of Commons (1645) by Peter Sterry
The rise, race, and royalty of the kingdom of God in the soul of man. Opened in several sermons upon Matthew 18.3 (1683) by Peter Sterry
The comings forth of Christ in the power of his death (1650) by Peter Sterry
The clouds in which Christ comes. Opened in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons (1648) by Peter Sterry
The appearance of God to man in the gospel, and the gospel change (1710) by Peter Sterry
Free grace exalted, and thence deduced. Evangelical rules for evangelical sufferings (1670) by Peter Sterry
England’s deliverance from the northern presbytery, compared with its deliverance from the Roman papacy (1652) by Peter Sterry
A discourse of the freedom of the will (1675) by Peter Sterry

Secondary Sources - Biographical

Two congenial beings of another sphere’ : Peter Sterry as a theological precursor to William Blake (2018) by Edward Youansamouth (About)
The Mystical Theology of Peter Sterry: A Study in Neoplatonist Puritanism (2004) by Alison Jane Teply (About)
The Cambridge Platonists (1926) by Frederick James Powicke (About)
Sterry, Peter (1613-1672), Independent minister (2004) by Nabil Matar (About)
Peter Sterry, Platonist and Puritan, 1613—1672: a biographical and critical Study with passages selected from his Writings Vivian de Sola Pinto (1935) by A. Nairne (About)
Peter Sterry, Platonist and Puritan, 1613-1672. A Biographical and Critical Study with Passages Selected from His Writings Vivian de Sola Pinto (1935) by Geoffrey Tillotson (About)
Peter Sterry, Platonist and Puritan, 1613-1672: A Biographical and Critical Study with Passages Selected from His Writings Vivian de Sola Pinto (1935) by Harold Williams (About)
Peter Sterry, Platonist and Puritan–1613-1672. A Biographical and Critical Study with Passages Selected from his Writings. Vivian de Sola Pinto (1937) by Arthur O. Lovejoy (About)
Peter Sterry, a platonic independent (1954) by Mary Ann Nevins (About)
Peter Sterry platonist and puritan 1613-1672: a biographical and critical study with passages selected from his writings (1968) by Vivian de Sola Pinto (About)
Peter Sterry and the Puritan Defense of Ovid in Restoration England (1991) by N. I. Matar (About)
Peter Sterry and the “Paradise Within”: A Study of the Emmanuel College Letters (1989) by N. I. Matar (About)
Peter Sterry and His Unpublished Writings (1930) by V. de Sola Pinto (About)
Memoirs of the Lives and Writings of Those Eminent Divines, Who Convened in the Famous Assembly at Westminster, in the Seventeenth Century, Vol. 2. (1811; Reprint 1982) by James Reid (About)
Aristotelian tragedy in the theology of Peter Sterry (1992) by N. I. Matar (About)

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