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12.
Ibid
. 4.
13.
Ibid
. 4-5.
14.
Ibid
. 5-6.
15. The statement appears in John 3.3; its effect on Richard is discussed in
Ibid
. 6.
16.
Ibid
. 6.
17. Among the most revealing of Perkins' works are
Death Knell
(11th ed. London ?, 1629),
A Declaration of the True Manner of Knowing Christ Crucified
(London, 1611), and especially
A Graine of Mustard-Seed
(London, 1621).
18.
Life and Death
, 6.
19. Perkins,
Graine of Mustard-Seed
, 5.
20.
Ibid
. 11.
21.
Ibid
. 5-14.
22.
Ibid
. 42-43.
23.
Life and Death
, 25.
24. Richard was admitted to Brasenose on May 9, 1618. See Joseph Foster,
Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714
(4 vols., Oxford, 1896) III, 987. Increase Mather reports in
Life and Death
that Richard read the works of Peter Ramus at Oxford (see 5).
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