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Title

The acts of the witnesses : the autobiography of Lodowick Muggleton and other early Muggletonian writings / edited by T.L. Underwood.

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

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Additional Authors

• Muggleton, Lodowick, 1609-1698.
• Underwood, T. L. (Ted L.)

Description

xi, 260 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

• "The Muggletonians are of special interest because they differ so dramatically from other religious groups of this time. Claiming that they were the last two witnesses of Revelation 11:3, Reeve and Muggleton acted as ultimate religious authorities on earth, blessing some people to eternal happiness and cursing others to everlasting damnation. Following Reeve's death in 1658, Muggleton became sole leader of the movement that eventually took his name.
• Muggletonians were noted for their emphasis on Reeve and Muggleton's authority (Muggleton claimed to "stand in God's place"), their conception of God as a man between five and six feet tall who reigned in heaven some six miles above the earth, and the fact that their religious services consisted not of prayers and preachings, but of eating, drinking, singing, and discussing religious views in a local alehouse or home.".
• "Partly because they were not evangelistic, their numbers were never large, and by the twentieth century they were thought to be extinct. In the 1970s, however, Philip Noakes of Kent was identified as the "last Muggletonian" and keeper of the group's archive, which was acquired subsequently by the British Library."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Muggleton, Lodowick, 1609-1698
• Muggletonians > Great Britain > Biography
• Muggletonians > Biography
• Muggleton, Lodowick

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-254) and indexes.

Contents

• 1. Editor's Introduction -- 2. The Acts of the Witnesses (1699) / Lodowick Muggleton -- 3. A Transcendent Spiritual Treatise (1652) / John Reeve and Lodowick Muggleton -- 4. "The Articles of True Faith" (1675) / John Saddington -- 5. "The White Divell Uncased" (1704) / Thomas Tomkinson -- 6. Letters. 1. John Reeve to Christopher Hill, 11 June 1656. 2. John Reeve to Christopher Hill, 1656. 3. John Reeve to Christopher Hill, no date. 4. John Reeve to Mrs. Alice Webb, 15 August 1656. 5. Lodowick Muggleton to Mrs. Elizabeth Dickinson, 20 August 1658. 6. Lodowick Muggleton to Larennce Claxton [Laurence Clarkson], 25 December 1660. 7. Lodowick Muggleton to William Cleve, 1665. 8. Lodowick Muggleton to Mr. [John?] Martain, 19 January 1666/7. 9. Lodowick Muggleton to Walter Bohanan, 23 January 1671/2. 10. Lodowick Muggleton to William Penn, 23 January 1673/4. 11. Lodowick Muggleton to Elizabeth Dickinson, Jun.[ior], 6 March 1674/5.
• 12. Lodowick Muggleton to Mrs. Hampson, 11 June 1674. 13. Mrs. Ellen Sudbury to Mr. Thomas Tomkinson, 10 August 1664. 14. Thomas Dudson to Lodowick Muggleton, 2 March 1668/9. 15. Alexander Delamain[e] to Mr. George Gamble, 14 August 1677. 16. William Wood to Lodowick Muggleton, 9 February 1691/2 -- 7. Songs and Miscellaneous. 1. Song by Nathaniel Powell. 2. Song by William Wood. 3. Song by Thomas Tomkinson. 4. Song by Thomas Turner. 5. Song by John Ladd. 6. Song by Alexander Delamain[e]. 7. Song by William Wood. 8. Song by John Ladd. 9. Song by William Wood. 10. Song by Thomas Tomkinson. 11. An Acrostic by Tobit [Tobiah] Terry. 12. Expense Record, Dinner, 19 July 1682. App. A. Alternate Epistle Dedicatory to The Acts of the Witnesses (1699) -- App. B. Sections in the First Edition (1656) Deleted from the Second Edition (1661) of A Divine Looking-Glass.

ISBN

0195120744 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

98049217

OCLC

ocm40251667

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries