Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries

by Rufus M. Jones

Baader, F. von— on Boehme, 151 n., 153 n. Baillie, Robert— on Anabaptism, 254 n. on Giles Randall, 256 n.; 262 Balling, Peter, 123-124, 128 influence of Cartesianism on, 124, 128, 130 Barclay, Robert (of Ury), 123 influence of Cartesianism on, 124, 347 on divine Seed in man, 283, 345-346, 347 teaching of, 343, 344-345, 348 Barclay, Robert— on Boehme's influence on Quakers, 220 n. Barneveldt, John of, 114 n. Baxter, Richard— on Behmenists, 227 on Vane, 271, 274 on Sterry, 280 Behmen, Jacob, 155 n. (see Boehme) Behmenists, 227-234 and Quakers, 231-233 Bellers, John— on John Everard, 253 n. "Bellius, Martinus," 93, 95 Bernard, Saint, 6, 267 Bewman, Jacob, 220 Beza, T., 95, 290, 294 Bible, translations from— by Denck, 21 by Castellio, 90, 92 by de Valdès, 237 by Rous, 267 Boehme, Jacob, 43 n., 139 life and character of, 151-171, 208 vision of, 148 n., 158, 159-161 mysticism of, 154, 159, 201-206 automatism of, 162, 207 symbolism of, 173 view of man, xxx view of God, xli n., 35 n; 174-177 views on salvation, 170, 190-198, 289, 309 views on the universe, 150 n., 159-160, 172-189 writings of, 151 n., 161, 165 n. in England, 208-220 influence on— George Fox, 165 n., 170 n.; 221-227, 338 n., 339 n. Quakers, 220, 233 Seekers, 220 Isaac Newton, 181 n., 234 John Milton, 234 William Law, 153 n., 179, 234 Sir Harry Vane, 275 and the Behmenists, 227-234 and B. Whichcote, 289, 302 n. Boethius, 105 Boreel, Adam, 117-120 Borellists— views of, 119-120 Bosanquet, Bernard, xxxi n. Bourne, Benjamin— on Randall, 256 n; 257 Boutroux, Émile— on Boehme, 151 n., 183 n. Breen, Daniel van, 117 Brooks, Thomas— on Everard, 241 Brothers of the Common Life, 4 Broussoux, Émile— on Castellio, 88 n. Browne, Sir Thomas, 275 Browning, Robert— on Paracelsus, 138 Bucer, Martin, 47 Buisson, F.— on Castellio, 88 n. Bünderlin, Johann— life of, 32-34, 40 teaching of, 34-39, 69, 76, 169, 190 writings of, 34 n. a mystic, 35 Franck's opinion of, 48 Buonarotti, Michael Angelo, 237 Burnet, Bishop G.— on Vane, 272 on Cambridge Platonists, 289-290 Burrough, Edward— on mission of "the Children of Light," 337-341

Cabala, the—
teaching of, 134-136
Caird, Edward—
on Cartesianism, 125 n.
Calvin, xlix, 121
relations with Castellio, 89-91, 93, 96
influence on Cambridge Platonists, 290, 294, 295
Calvinism—
in Holland, 106
in England, 279
and Arminianism, 114
Campanus, Johann, 48, 59
Carlyle, Thomas—
on Rous, 267
Castellio, Sebastian—
life, 88-93, 97
teachings of, 90, 91, 93-102, 107
writings, 90, 92-94, 96, 97, 98, 99 n., 101, 103 n.
nom-de-plume of, 93, 103 n.
as a Reformer, 103
influence in England, 103 n., 243
on Van der Kodde brothers, 115
on Boreel, 118
Caton, William—
on Castellio, 103 n.
Charles II.—
on Vane, 272
"Children of the Light," 132, 221, 260, 277, 341
Chillingworth, William, 291
Christ—
in a Faith religion, xxxix-xliv
as viewed by—
Denck, 25
Bünderlin, 37
Entfelder, 41, 42
Spiritual Reformers, 44, 337
Franck, 54, 61
Schwenckfeld, 65, 69, 70
Castellio, 99-101
teachers of "Nature Mysticism," 134
Weigel, 142-144
Boehme, 183, 185 n., 191, 193-194
John Sparrow, 216
John Everard, 244, 250
Pascal, 250 n.
Francis Rous, 269-270
Peter Sterry, 284
John Smith, 316
Thomas Traherne, 332
Chrypffs, Nicolaus (see Cusa)
Church, the—
historical conception of, xlix
as conceived by—
Montanists, the, xiii
Protestant Reformers, l
Luther, 8, 121
Denck, 38
Bünderlin, 38
Entfelder, 41
Spiritual Reformers, l, 45
Franck, 58-59, 145, 199
Schwenckfeld, 78-80, 85
Seekers, 84, 86, 340
Collegiants, 84
Borellists, 120
Abrahams, 120-121, 122
Weigel, 145, 147
Boehme, 169-170, 199-201, 226
George Fox, 200, 226, 339-340
Church, interim, (see also Sttilstand)—
Coornhert and, 113
Cicero, 105
Clarendon, Earl of—
on Vane, 271, 279
Clement of Alexandria, xxxix, 267
Colet, John, 236
Collegiants, the—
and the Stillstand, 68 n.
Schwenckfeld and, 84
history of, 113-124
influence of Descartes and Spinoza on, 123 seq.
Colonna, Vittoria, 237
Comans, Michael, 117
Commonwealth, English—
Reformation in, 266
Rous in, 268
Vane in, 271-272
Puritans in, 290
Conscience, liberty of—
taught by—
Castellio, 93-96
Coornhert, 106
Boreel, 118
Vane, 273, 275
Sterry, 286
William Caton on, 103 n.
in Holland, 104
dangers of, 320
Coornhert, D. V.—
life, 105-108
writings, 105, 106
teachings, 106, 108-113
and Calvinism, 106, 111
and Van der Kodde brothers, 115
and Adam Boreel, 118
Cotton, John, 292
"Covenant of Grace," 274
"Covenant of Works," 274, 309
Crashaw, Richard, 322
Crautwald, Valentine, 67 n., 81
Cromwell, Oliver, 268, 271, 272, 274, 275, 280
Cudworth, Ralph, 280, 290
Culverwel, Nathaniel, 319
on Arminius, 289
Cunitz, M., 47 n.
Curio, Valentin, 18
Cusa, Nicholas of, 3, 4
translated into English by Everard, 243, 256, 260
published by Randall, 256, 260

Dante, xxiii, 171, 174
Dell, William, l, 267 n.
Denck, Hans, 48
life of, 18-21
writings of, 22 n.
teaching of, xxx, 21-30, 69, 76, 242-243
not an Anabaptist, 18
begins "Spiritualist" movement, 132, 139, 169, 190
Everard's translation of, 242
Denqui, John, 242 n.
Descartes, R.—
philosophy of, 117, 123-125, 128
and Cambridge Platonists, 291
Deussen, Paul—
on Boehme, 151 n., 153 n.
Dilthey, Wilhelm—
on justification, 8 n.
Dionysius, the Areopagite, 236, 239
his conception of God, xxvii, 247
translation of, by Everard, 243
influence on Rous, 267
on Sterry, 280
Dobell, Bertram—
on Traherne, 324 n.; 327
Döllinger, Johann—
on Schwenckfeld, 64 n.
Dompeldoop, 116
Donne, John, 322
Dort, Synod of, 114
Dürer, Albrecht, 48

Ecke, Karl—
on Schwenckfeld, 64 n.
Eckhart, Meister, 3, 4, 239, 243
his conception of God, xxvi, xxvii, 247
Ederheimer, Edgar—
on Boehme, 151 n., 153 n.
Edward VI. of England, 92
Ellington, Francis—
on Boehme, 221
Ellistone, John, 213
translates Boehme into English, 213, 217, 221, 234 n.
views of, 217-220, 222
Emmanuel College, 279, 290, 291, 306
Endern, Carl von, 162 n., 165
England—
influence in—
of Castellio, 103 n.
of Schwenckfeld, 84, 87, 103 n.
of Weigel, 139, 141, 146, 148, 150
of Boehme, 208-234
of Spiritual Reformers, 235, 251, 252, 267, 288
of de Valdès, 237-238
Quakers in, 132, 221, 227, 337
Reformation spirit in, 266-267
religious upheaval in, 320
Entfelder, Christian—
life of, 39, 40
writings, 40
teaching, 40-43, 69, 169, 190
"Enthusiasm," 238
"Enthusiasts," xv, 31, 48
Erasmus, 34, 51, 55 n., 92, 105
Christian Humanist, 1 n., 3, 47
quoted on toleration, 93
Erbkam, H. W.—
on Schwenckfeld, 64 n.
Erigena, 3
Etherington, John—
on Randall, 255
Everard, John—
life of, 239-241, 289
translations by, 241-243, 250 n., 256, 260
Sermons, 241
teaching, 243-252
and Randall, 243 n., 256, 260
Evil (see Sin)

Faith—
definition of, xxxix
in "spiritual" religion, xv
as an approach to religion, xxxviii-xlv
magic reliance on, 75
Confessions of, 118
Confessions of, source of divisions, 115
view of, held by—
Luther, xxxix, 5-11, 75
Schwenckfeld, 75, 77-78
Castellio, 100
Coornhert, 109-110
Weigel, 146
Boehme, 195-198
de Valdès, 236, 237
John Smith, 316
Quakers, 344
Familism, 238, 241, 254, 255, 256 n.., 258, 263, 267 n.
Faust, xxiii
Ferrar, Nicholas, 237, 238
Ficino, Marsilius, 134, 235-236
influence on Sterry, 280
Fox, George, 328
mission of, 337-34l, 349
character, 343
conception of the Church, 200, 226, 339-341
and Abrahams, 122-123
and Boehme, 165 n., 170 n., 221-227, 338 n., 339 n.
and Justice Hotham, 210
and Henry Vane, 278
France—
Castellio on conditions in, 101-102
Francis of Assisi—
and Schwenckfeld, 65
Franck, Sebastian, 139
Humanist and Mystic, 46, 55, 105
life of, 47-52, 92
writings, 49, 51
teachings, 49, 50, 52-63, 69, 93, 199, 242, 243, 247, 346
on the Stillstand, 86
quoted by William Caton, 103 n.
translated by Everard, 242, 243
influence on—
Coornhert, 107
Boreel, 118
Weigel, 145, 146 n., 148
Boehme, 154, 169, 190
Franckenberg, Abraham von—
on Boehme, 156, 165
Frecht, Martin, 47
Freedom—
views on, of—
Spiritual Reformers, xlix
Hans Denck, 22, 23
Bünderlin, 35
Luther, 70
Schwenckfeld, 70, 72
Castellio, 93-96, 107
Coornhert, 106, 113
Randall, 258-259
Vane, 273, 275
Freedom of conscience in Holland, 104
Frettwell, Ralph, 232, 233
Furley, Benjamin, 128 n.
collection of books, 258 n.

Gairdner, W. H. J., xxvii n.
Gangraena, Edwards'—
on Giles Randall, 254, 256 n., 257, 262
Gataker, Thomas—
on Giles Randall, 254 ft.
Gerson, 6
Gichtel, J. G.—
on Boehme, 153 n.
Gnosticism—
view of man in, xii, xiii
seven qualities in, 180 n.
God—
as conceived—
in a Faith religion, xliv
by Reason, xxxv-xxxviii
by Spiritual Reformers, xlvii, 44
by Mystics, xxiv, xxvii-xxviii, 247
by Luther, 10, 11
by Denck, 22-26
by Bünderlin, 35-37
by Entfelder, 40
by Castellio, 99
by Descartes, 125
by Spinoza, xxviii, 126-127
by Boehme, 35 n., 174-177
in The Light on the Candlestick, 130
in the Cabala, 134-135
by Justice Hotham, 210
by Everard, 246-248
by Randall, 260-261, 262
Goeters, W.—
on Collegiants, etc., 104 n.
"Gomarists," 114
Gonzaga, Giulia, 237
Goodwin, John—
on Randall, 257
Grace—
salvation by, 75, 99
"Covenant of, the," 274
as conceived by—
the Remonstrants, 114
Boehme, 170, 191
Gregory of Nazianzen, 267
Gregory of Nyssa, 267
Gregory Thaumaturgus, 307
Grocyn, 236
Grotius, Hugo, 114 n.
Grützmacher, R. H.—
on Schwenckfeld, 64 n.
on Boehme, 168

Hagen, Carl—
on Bünderlin, 34 n.
Haldane, E. S.—
on Descartes, 124 n.
Hales, John, 291
Harford, Rapha—
on Everard, 240, 241
Harless, von—
on Boehme, 151 n.
Harnack, A.—
on Luther, 15
on Irenaeus, 71 n.
Hartmann, Franz—
on Boehme, 151 n.
Hartranft, C. D.—
editor of Corpus Schwenchfeldianorum, 64 n.
Heaven—
as conceived by—
Spiritual Reformers, xlviii
Weigel, 147
Boehme, 179, 186-188, 289, 302 n., 312, 334
Milton, 187 n.
Everard, 252
Whichcote, 289, 301-302, 312
John Smith, 312-313
Thomas Traherne, 334-335
Heberle—
on Denck, 17 n.
Hegel, G. W. F.—
on nature of consciousness, xxxii
on Boehme, 151 n., 195 n.
Hegler, A.—
on Franck, 48 n.
Hell—
as conceived by—
Spiritual Reformers, xlviii
Weigel, 147
Boehme, 179, 186-188, 289, 302 n., 312, 334
Milton, 187 n.
Whichcote, 289, 301-302, 312
John Smith, 312-313
Thomas Traherne, 334-335
Heppe, H.—
on Collegiants, 104 n.
Heraclitus, 63
Herbert, George, 237, 322
"Hermes Trismegistus," 53, 136 n., 210
translated by Everard, 243
Hetzer, Ludwig, 19, 21
Hill, Thomas, 291
Hinkelmann, Dr., 167
Hobbes, Thomas, 291
Hoffman, Melchior, 33
Holland—
Collegiants in, 68 n., 84, 86, 113-124
William Caton in, 103 n.
disciples of Castellio in, 102, 103
religious liberty in, 104
Calvinism in, 106
Hotham, Charles—
on Boehme, 209, 211, 221
Hotham, Durant—
on Boehme, 209-210, 211, 221, 222
and George Fox, 210
views of, 211-212
Howgil, Francis, 231
Hübmaier, Balthasar, 40
Hügel, Friedrich von, xlii
Humanists—
finding a new world, 1-3
view of man, 2, 4, 19, 69
view of "Hermes Trismegistus," 243
in England, 235-236
influence on—
Spiritual Reformers, xxx, 289
Denck, 18, 19
Franck, 46, 47
Castellio, 89
Coornhert, 105-106
Cambridge Platonists, 289
Thomas Traherne, 323
Hutchinson, Anne, 274
Hutten, Ulrich von, 47
Hylkema, C. B.—
on Collegiants, 104 n.
on Boreel, 118 n.

Imitation of Christ, The, 4, 267
Immortality—
John Smith on, 314
Independency, 268
Inquisition, Spanish, 106
Irenaeus, 71
Israel, A.—
on Weigel, 140 n.

Jarrin, Charles—
on Castellio, 88 n.
Job, xxiii
Joris, David, 108
Justification—
mediaeval conception of, 8 n.
as conceived by—
Luther, 8 n., 19, 74
Schwenckfeld, 75, 77
John Smith, 310
the Quakers, 344

Keith, George, 122, 233
Keller, L.—
on Denck, 17 n., 18 n.
Kempis, Thomas à, 267
Kessler, J., 18 n.
Kober, Dr. Tobias, 165
Kodde, Giesbert Van der—
founder of Collegiants, 115-116
Kodde, John Van der, 115, 117
Kodde, William Van der, 115
Kolde, Th., 20 n.