1680 RICHARD BAXTER. The Work that Inspired C. S. Lewis' "Mere Christianity." Rare Puritan! Preaching Very rare Thanksgiving sermon preached

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1680 RICHARD BAXTER. The Work that Inspired C. S. Lewis' "Mere Christianity." Rare Puritan! Preaching Very rare Thanksgiving sermon preachedVery rare title by Baxter written in the heat of denominational and identification pamphlet wars between Anglicans, Dissenters, Presbyterians, Independents, and so forth. Enter Richard Baxter's beautifully Christocentric [but unfortunately titled], Church History of the Government of Bishops [Ouch!]. For a fuller discussion of this influence, see, C. S. Lewis, Richard Baxter, and Mere Christianity in the journal Christianity and Literature, Spring,