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Psal. 124. and at night 1 Pet. 5.7. both which places refreshed and cheered my soul.”^165 Later that same year on August 1, Ambr ...

celebration in relation to its overpowering nature appears confusing unless we are aware of the historical context.^169 While th ...

through the promises of Christ that “the Bread conveys whole Christ, and the wine conveys whole Christ.”^175 In relationship to ...

engaged in interpretive reflection and self-examination until he received the desired affective experience of God. Another insig ...

many a time assisted me in the Preaching of his Word boldly to the Enemy, both above ordinary, and far above my self.”^184 Earli ...

apt to fall into errours, than they that busie themselves most with unnecessary, curious, circumstantial points.”^188 Brauer mai ...

Other diary entries record Ambrose’s reflections upon the Civil Wars. During 1643 the town of Preston changed hands twice. In bo ...

the saint’s duty to root this out and learn from it.”^196 Ambrose was among the two thousand nonconformist Puritan ministers who ...

through his enemies during the Civil Wars to strip his soul and first break and then elevate his heart to heaven. Rather than be ...

and their piety but no comparable study exists on their English counterparts. 201 Watkins comes closest in his brief treatment o ...

to create the unfriendly and challenging context in which Ambrose lived and served as a minister.^207 Using place as the locus f ...

attention and care.”^210 Ambrose’s diary reveals the topophilia of these annual retreat places, “[t]his day [May 19, 1647] I wen ...

unhurried atmosphere in which Ambrose could devote himself more fully to cultivating his experience with the Triune God. Second, ...

funeral sermon for Lady Margaret.^220 Hoghton Towers also became a meeting place for nonconformist ministers both before and aft ...

moderator of many of the Presbyterian provincial assemblies that were held in Preston.^225 There are no extant comments from Amb ...

geographical distance between himself and his friends and therefore he declares, “I desire therefore to retire, and to go back a ...

fascinating admission that Ambrose longs to join the birds in their continual praise of God. In light of this it is interesting ...

instrument used in training spiritual directors, was used to examine the intrapersonal, interpersonal, structural, and geo-envir ...

bloodshed of seventeenth century Lancashire. Regardless of these varied and diverse situations Ambrose experienced the transform ...

Chapter 4 Isaac Ambrose’s Spiritual Practices and Contemplative Experiences It is the Lords pleasure that we should dayly come t ...