Index
INDEX
Act of Settlement (1701), (i)
Adams, Samuel, (i)
African Americans: Anglicans and, (i), (ii); Methodists and, (i), (ii); GW and, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv). See also Marrant, John; Wheatley, Phyllis
Alison, Francis, (i)
Alleine, Joseph, (i), (ii), (iii)
Allestree, Richard, (i)
American Colonies: GW’s 1st visit to, (i); GW’s 2nd visit to, (i), (ii); GW’s 3rd visit to, (i); GW’s 4th visit to, (i); GW’s 5th visit to, (i); GW’s 6th visit to, (i), (ii); GW’s 7th visit to, (i). See also specific places
American Revolution. See Whitefield, George
Anglican Church: criticism of GW by, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii), (xix), (xx), (xxi), (xxii), (xxiii), (xxiv), (xxv); and slavery, (i), (ii); support of GW by, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); teachings of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii); GW’s relationship with, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv). See also African Americans; Baptism; Calvinism; Dissenters; Holy Spirit; Latitudinarianism; Native Americans; New birth; and specific people
Annapolis, Maryland, (i)
Anne (queen of England), (i)
Antichrist, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
Antinomianism. See Enthusiasm
Arminianism: in America, (i), (ii), (iii); Calvinist opposition to, (i), (ii), (iii); of John Wesley, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)
Arnold, Benedict, (i)
Arnold, Jonathan, (i)
Associate Presbytery (Scotland), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Atlantic world, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi); slave trade in (i), (ii), (iii). See also Evangelicalism: as transatlantic movement; Great Awakening: transatlantic nature of; Whitefield, George: and sea travel
Audiences. See Whitefield, George: and audience size
Augustine, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Austin, Margaret, (i)
Awakening: definition of, (i). See also Great Awakening; Revivalism
Baptism: and Anglican theology, (i), (ii), (iii); and Elizabeth Whitefield, (i); and GW, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
Baptists, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii)
Barber, Jonathan, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Bath, North Carolina, (i)
Baxter, Richard, (i)
Bebbington, David, (i)
Beck, Glenn, (i)
Bell Inn (business of GW’s family), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)
Bennett, John, (i)
Berridge, John, (i)
Bethesda orphanage, (i), (ii); administration of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii); conflict over, (i), (ii); descriptions of, (i), (ii), (iii); and education, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi); finances of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi); founding of, (i), (ii); fund-raising for, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv); GW letters to, (i); GW visits, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix); and revivalism, (i), (ii); and slavery, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)
Bible. See King James Bible
Blair, James, (i)
Böhler, Peter, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Boltzius, Johann Martin, (i), (ii)
Bonnie Prince Charlie. See Stuart, Charles Edward
Book of Common Prayer, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Bordley, Stephen, (i)
Boston, Massachusetts: and American Revolution, (i); description of, (i); GW’s fundraising for, (i); GW in, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)
Boyce, Sarah, (i)
Bradford, William and Andrew, (i)
Bristol, England: and Gloucester, (i); John Wesley in, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); GW in, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii); and slave ships, (i)
“Britain’s Mercies, and Britain’s Duty” (sermon of GW), (i), (ii), (iii)
British Library (London), (i)
Brockden, Charles, (i)
Broughton, Thomas, (i)
Bryan, Hugh, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)
Bryan, Jonathan, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Buell, Samuel, (i)
Bull, Stephen, (i)
Bunyan, John, (i), (ii), (iii)
Burton, John, (i)
Butler, Jon, (i)
Calvin, John, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Calvinism: in America, (i), (ii), (iii); Anglican Church and, (i), (ii), (iii); Arminian opposition to, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); Enlightenment thought and, (i); of GW, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi). See also Arminianism: of John Wesley
Calvinistic Methodist Association, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Calvinists, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv). See also Whitefield, George: Calvinist allies of; and specific people
Cambridge, University of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Cambuslang, Scotland, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Cardiff, Wales, (i)
Carlyle, Thomas, (i)
Castaniza, Juan de, (i)
Casting lots. See Moravians; Wesley, John
Catholics: in Africa, (i); and devotional literature, (i), (ii); and English monarchy, (i), (ii), (iii); and exorcism, (i); in Gibraltar, (i); in Ireland, (i), (ii); in Maryland, (i); and Methodists (including GW) compared, (i), (ii), (iii); and Native Americans, (i); Protestant opposition to, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii). See also Whitefield, George: and anti-Catholicism
Cennick, John, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Chanler, Isaac, (i)
Charismatic gifts, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Charles I (king of England), (i)
Charles II (king of England), (i), (ii), (iii)
Charleston (Charles Town), South Carolina: description of, (i); fire in 1740, (ii), (iii); GW leaves Elizabeth Whitefield in, (i), (ii); GW visits, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii); and Hugh Bryan, (i), (ii); theater in, (i), (ii)
Chauncy, Charles, (i), (ii), (iii)
Children, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v). See also Bethesda orphanage; Whitefield, John
Church of England. See Anglican Church
Claggett, Martha, (i)
Clap, Nathaniel, (i)
Clap, Thomas, (i), (ii), (iii)
Clarke, Samuel, (i)
Cleaveland, John, (i)
Colman, Benjamin, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)
Communion. See Lord’s Supper
Congregationalists, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)
Connecticut. See New England; Yale College
Consumer revolution, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Conversion. See New birth
Cooper, Anthony Ashley (1st Earl of Shaftesbury), (i)
Cooper, Anthony Ashley (3rd Earl of Shaftesbury), (i)
Cooper, Thomas, (i)
Cooper, William, (i)
Counsel, George, (i)
Countess of Huntingdon. See Hastings, Selina
Cross, John, (i)
Crowds. See Whitefield, George: and audience size
Cruden, Alexander, (i)
Cummings, Archibald, (i), (ii)
Dallimore, Arnold, (i), (ii), (iii)
Davenport, James: early ministry of, (i); letters to Elizabeth Whitefield, (i), (ii); moderation of, (i), (ii); and Native Americans, (i), (ii); radicalism of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); and relationship with GW, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Davies, Howel, (i)
Deborah (biblical judge), (i)
Defoe, Daniel, (i)
Delamotte, Elizabeth, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Delamotte, Thomas, (i), (ii), (iii)
Delaware. See Wilmington
Depravity. See Original sin
Devil and demons, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); evangelicalism and, (i), (ii), (iii); GW accused of being in league with, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); in GW’s personal life, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x); in GW’s preaching, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Dissenters (non-Anglicans), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii), (xix), (xx), (xxi). See also Independents
Doddridge, Philip, (i), (ii), (iii)
Dodds, Harold, (i)
Doolittle, Benjamin, (i)
Drelincourt, Charles, (i)
Dublin, Ireland, (i), (ii), (iii)
Dummer, England, (i)
Dunlap, Jane, (i)
Dutton, Anne, (i), (ii), (iii)
Edinburgh, Scotland: description of, (i); John Wesley visits, (i); GW visits, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
Education. See Whitefield, George: and classical education; and specific schools
Edwards, John, (i)
Edwards, Jonathan, (i), (ii), (iii); Calvinism of, (i), (ii), (iii); and correspondence with GW, (i); death of, (i), (ii); GW visits, (i), (ii), (iii); legacy of, (i), (ii); and Native Americans, (i), (ii); and Northampton revival, (i), (ii), (iii); and preaching, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); relationship with GW, (i), (ii), (iii); and revivalism, (i), (ii); and slavery, (i), (ii)
Egmont, Earl of, (i), (ii), (iii)
Election. See Arminianism; Calvinism
Elizabeth I (queen of England), (i)
English Civil War, (i), (ii), (iii)
Enlightenment, (i)
Enthusiasm, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x); John Wesley accused of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); John Wesley speaks against, (i); GW accused of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii), (xix); GW speaks against, (i), (ii), (iii)
Equiano, Olaudah, (i)
Erskine, Ebenezer, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Erskine, John, (i)
Erskine, Ralph, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
Eschatology. See Millennium
Evangelicalism: Arminian and Calvinist divisions within, (i), (ii), (iii); definition of, (i); and interdenominationalism, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii); moderate and radical divisions within, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv); and sin, (i); as transatlantic movement, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii); GW’s role in, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi). See also Devil; Good works; Great Awakening; Hastings, Selina: and evangelical networking; Hell; Holy Spirit; Moravians; Methodists; New birth; Slavery; Women; and specific people
Fame. See Whitefield, George: as celebrity
Fetter Lane Society (London), (i), (ii), (iii)
Fielding, Henry, (i)
Finley, Samuel, (i)
Fleet, Thomas, (i)
Foote, Samuel, (i)
Foundry, The (Wesleys’ congregation in London), (i), (ii)
Francke, August Herman, (i)
Francke, Gotthilf August, (i)
Franklin, Benjamin, (i); early life of, (i); and estimating GW’s audience, (i); and GW’s fundraising, (i), (ii); and politics, (i), (ii); as publicizer of GW, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii); and relationship with GW, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii); and religion, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); and University of Pennsylvania, (i), (ii), (iii)
Frederick, Prince of Wales, (i)
Free grace. See Arminianism; Calvinism
Frelinghuysen, Theodorus, (i)
French and Indian War. See Seven Years’ War
French Prophets, (i), (ii), (iii)
Garden, Alexander, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)
Garrison, William Lloyd, (i)
George I (king of England), (i)
George II (king of England), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
George III (king of England), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
George, David Lloyd, (i)
Georgia: early history of, (i); GW and trustees of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); slavery in, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii). See also Bethesda orphanage; Savannah
Germantown, Pennsylvania, (i)
Gibraltar, (i)
Gibson, Edmund, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Gillies, John, (i), (ii), (iii)
Glasgow, Scotland: description of, (i); GW visits, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); GW’s printed sermons from, (i), (ii), (iii)
Glorious Revolution, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Gloucester, England (hometown of GW): description of, (i); and GW’s dialect, (i); GW’s letters to friends in, (i), (ii), (iii); GW visits, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii); history of, (i)
Godwyn, Morgan, (i)
Good, Mercy, (i)
Good works: evangelicalism and, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); in Moravian theology, (i); in GW’s theology, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Gordon, William, (i)
Graham, Billy, (i)
Great Awakening, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii); role of Holy Spirit in, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); role of GW in, (i), (ii); transatlantic nature of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Greville, Elizabeth (sister of GW), (i)
Grimshaw, William, (i)
Guyse, John, (i)
Gwynne, Sarah, (i)
Habersham, James, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)
Halyburton, Thomas, (i)
Hamilton, Alexander, (i)
Harris, Howell, (i), (ii); and Anglican Church, (i); and Anne Williams, (i), (ii); Calvinism of, (i), (ii); conversion of, (i); and correspondence with GW, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix); early ministry of, (i); and Elizabeth James (Whitefield), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); and Moravians, (i), (ii); opposition to, (i), (ii); and organization of Calvinistic Methodism, (i), (ii), (iii); preaching of, (i), (ii), (iii); and relationship with GW, (i), (ii), (iii); and Sidney Griffith, (i); and the (London) Tabernacle, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); and theological disagreements with GW, (i), (ii); and the Wesleys, (i), (ii), (iii); GW visits, (i), (ii)
Harvard College: conflict with GW, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi); description of, (i); Medical School, (i); revival at, (i)
Hastings, Selina: and Anglican Church, (i); and Bath (England) chapel, (i), (ii); and Bethesda orphanage, (i), (ii); and correspondence with GW, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); death of, (i), (ii); embraces Methodism, (i); and Elizabeth Whitefield, (i); and evangelical networking, (i), (ii), (iii); and influence on GW, (i), (ii); as patron of GW, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); GW as chaplain for, (i), (ii)
Haven, Samuel, (i)
Heaven, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)
Heimert, Alan, (i)
Hell: evangelical visions of, (i), (ii); in GW’s preaching, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); GW’s views on, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi); questioning the traditional doctrine of, (i), (ii)
Hempstead, Joshua, (i)
Henry, Matthew, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Henry VIII (king of England), (i)
Hervey, James, (i)
Hogarth, William, (i)
Holland, (i)
Hollis, Isaac, (i)
Holy Spirit: Anglican Church and, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); evangelicalism and, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi); Moravians and, (i), (ii); GW experiences, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi); in GW’s theology, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii), (xix). See also Charismatic gifts; Enthusiasm; New birth; Revivalism
Honeyman, James, (i)
Hopkey, Sophy, (i)
Hopkins, Samuel, (i)
Huggett, W. S., (i)
Huguenots (French Protestants), (i)
Hutson, William, (i)
Hutton, James, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)
Imputed righteousness, (i), (ii), (iii)
Independents, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv). See also Dissenters
Indians. See Native Americans
Islam. See Muhammad
Jacobite Rebellion, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
James I (king of England), (i). See also King James Bible
James II (king of England), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Jefferson, Thomas, (i), (ii), (iii)
Jenny (“a servant maid at Bristol”), (i)
Jesus Christ: birth of, (i), (ii), (iii); death of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); faith in, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x); as husband to believers, (i), (ii), (iii); indwelling of, (i), (ii); judgment of, (i), (ii); life of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi); “soldier” of, (i), (ii), (iii); visions of, (i), (ii), (iii); GW compares himself to, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii); GW’s experiences, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); words on the cross of, (i), (ii); wounds of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Jews, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Johnson, Samuel, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Jones, Griffith, (i)
Jones, Jenkin, (i)
Journals (of GW), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii), (xix), (xx), (xxi)
Kempis, Thomas à, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Ken, Bishop Thomas, (i)
Kennington Common, London, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Kinchin, Charles, (i)
King George’s War. See War of Austrian Succession
King James Bible, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
Kingswood, England, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Land, Tristram, (i)
Langdon, Samuel, (i)
Latitudinarianism, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Law, William, (i)
Lee, Jesse, (i)
Lepore, Jill, (i)
Lewis, John, (i)
Liele, George, (i)
Lisbon, Portugal, (i)
Lloyd, Gareth, (i)
Log College seminary. See Princeton University
London, England: description of, (i), (ii), (iii); John Wesley in, (i), (ii); GW preaches in, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv); GW’s home in, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); revivals in, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv). See also Foundry; Kennington Common; Moorfields; Tabernacle; Tottenham Court Road chapel
Longden, Capel (step-father of GW), (i), (ii)
Lord’s Supper: GW and, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii); and Scottish revivalism, (i), (ii), (iii)
Loring, Israel, (i)
Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v). See also Seven Years’ War; War of Austrian Succession
Loyola, Ignatius, (i)
Ludgate Prison (London), (i)
Luther, Martin, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Lutherans, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Mack, Phyllis, (i)
Marsden, George, (i)
Maryland: revivals in, (i), (ii); slavery in, (i). See also Annapolis; Southern colonies
Massachusetts. See Boston; Harvard College; Newburyport; New England
Mather, Increase, (i)
McCulloch, William, (i), (ii), (iii)
Media, changes in. See Consumer revolution
Medical practices, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Methodists: and charity, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi); factions of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); opposition to, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii); and sin, (i); and spiritual discipline, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v). See also African Americans; Calvinistic Methodist Association; Evangelicalism; Oxford University; Sin; and specific people
Ministers. See Unconverted ministers; and specific people
Miracles. See Charismatic gifts
Moorfields, London, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)
Moravians: opposition to, (i), (ii); theology of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii); Charles Wesley and, (i), (ii); John Wesley and, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); GW and, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii)
Morris, Samuel, (i)
Moses (prophet), (i), (ii), (iii)
Muhammad (Mahomet), (i), (ii), (iii)
Murray, Grace, (i)
Native Americans: Anglican Church and, (i); and evangelicalism, (i), (ii), (iii); and Seven Years’ War, (i), (ii); GW and, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii). See also Occom, Samson
Nazareth, Pennsylvania, (i), (ii)
New Bern, North Carolina, (i), (ii)
New birth: Anglican Church and, (i), (ii); evangelicalism and, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi); and GW’s preaching, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii); in GW’s theology, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii). See also Harris, Howell: conversion of; Revivalism; Unconverted ministers; Wesley, Charles: conversion of; Wesley, John: conversion of; Whitefield, George: conversion experience of
Newburyport, Massachusetts (death and burial site of GW), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
New England: GW’s opinion of, (i); and slave trade, (i). See also Boston; Harvard College; Newport; Yale College
New Jersey, College of. See Princeton University
Newport, Rhode Island, (i). See also Osborn, Sarah
Newspapers. See Franklin, Benjamin; Hutton, James; Seward, William; Whitefield, George: and print media
New York City: description of, (i); GW visits, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix); slave conspiracy in, (i), (ii), (iii)
Nicodemus (biblical figure), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
North, Frederick, (i)
Northampton, Massachusetts. See Edwards, Jonathan
North Carolina. See Bath; New Bern; Southern colonies
Nova Scotia. See Louisbourg
Occom, Samson, (i), (ii), (iii)
Odlin, John, (i)
Ogle, Samuel, (i)
Oglethorpe, James, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)
“Old Pretender”. See Stuart, James Francis Edward
Onan, sin of, (i)
Original sin, (i), (ii). See also Calvinism
Orton, Christopher, (i)
Otis, James, (i)
Oxford, University of: academics at, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); class distinctions at, (i), (ii); daily life of students, (i); Methodists at, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); Charles Wesley at, (i), (ii), (iii); John Wesley at, (i), (ii), (iii); GW aspires to attend, (i), (ii), (iii); GW’s criticism of, (i), (ii); GW’s ministry at, (i), (ii); GW’s ordination at, (i); GW’s student days at, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi); GW visits, (i)
Paine, Tom, (i)
Parsons, Jonathan, (i)
Paul (apostle), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)
Pearce, Zachary, (i)
Pelagius, (i)
Pemberton, Ebenezer, (i)
Pembroke College. See Oxford University
Pennsylvania: GW’s opinion of, (i); history of, (i). See also Philadelphia
Pennsylvania, University of. See Benjamin Franklin
Pepperrell, William, (i), (ii)
Perfectionism, (i); and Moravians, (i), (ii); John Wesley for, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi); GW against, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Perseverance. See Arminianism; Calvinism
Pietists, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)
Pitt, William, (i)
Philadelphia: description of, (i); GW visits, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv)
Philips, Sir John (of Picton Castle), (i), (ii)
Phillips, Erasmus, (i)
Piper, John, (i)
Pomeroy, Benjamin, (i)
Porter, John, (i)
Predestination. See Arminianism; Calvinism
Presbyterians, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii). See also Associate Presbytery; Tennent, Gilbert
Prince, Jr., Thomas, (i)
Princeton University (and predecessors), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)
Providence plantation, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Puritans, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii)
Quakers, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
The Querists, (i)
Raleigh, Sir Walter, (i)
Reed, James, (i)
Reformation, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Reformed. See Calvinists
Renovaré, (i)
Revivalism: American, (i), (ii), (iii); Continental, (i); Scots-Irish, (i), (ii); Scottish, (i); Welsh, (i), (ii). See also Awakening; Great Awakening; Lord’s Supper; and Scottish revivalism; and specific places
Rhode Island. See New England; Newport
Robe, James, (i)
Rock, Richard, (i)
Rogers, Daniel, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)
Rogers, Hester Roe, (i)
Roman Catholic Church. See Catholics
Rowland, Daniel, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Sacraments. See Baptism; Lord’s Supper
St. Mary de Crypt (childhood church and school of GW), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Salzburgers, (i)
Satan. See Devil
Savannah, Georgia: Charles Wesley in, (i), (ii), (iii); description of, (i); John Wesley in (i), (ii); GW visits, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi). See also Bethesda orphanage
Scote, John, (i)
Scougal, Henry, (i)
Seceders. See Associate Presbytery
Seven Years’ War, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)
Seward, William: and African Americans, (i), (ii); background of, (i); and correspondence with GW, (i); death of, (i), (ii), (iii); and the Holy Spirit, (i); as promoter of GW, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); and travels with GW, (i), (ii), (iii)
Sexual immorality, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
Shakespeare, William, (i), (ii)
Sheerness, England, (i)
Shippen, William, (i)
A Short Account of God’s Dealings with the Reverend Mr. George Whitefield, (i), (ii), (iii)
Sin: GW and, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii). See also Drunkenness; Onan, sin of; Original sin; Sexual immorality; Theater
Slavery, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); evangelicalism and, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi); GW and, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv). See also Georgia; New York City; Stono Rebellion
Smith, Josiah, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Smith, Robert, (i)
Solemn League and Covenant, (i), (ii)
South Carolina: history of, (i). See also Charleston; Providence plantation
Southern colonies: and Great Awakening, (i); GW’s opinion of, (i); and GW’s criticism of slave masters in, (i). See also specific places
Spangenberg, August, (i), (ii)
Speaking in tongues. See Charismatic gifts
Stebbing, Henry, (i)
Stephens, William, (i)
Stonehouse, England, (i)
Stono Rebellion, (i), (ii), (iii)
Stout, Harry, (i), (ii), (iii)
Stuart, Charles Edward, (i)
Stuart, James Francis Edward, (i)
Tabernacle, The (church founded by GW in London), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii)
Tennent, Gilbert, (i), (ii); and correspondence with GW, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii); moderation of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); and Moravians, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); preaching of, (i), (ii), (iii); and relationship with GW, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi); and “unconverted ministers,” (i), (ii); GW’s defense of, (i)
Tennent, Sr., William, (i), (ii)
Theater: Christian criticism of, (i), (ii); gender roles in, (i); and opposition to GW from London community, (i), (ii); GW and, (i), (ii). See also Charleston
Thirty-Nine Articles (1563), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
“Thy Maker is Thy Husband” (sermon of GW), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Tillotson, John, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Toft, Mary, (i)
Trapp, Joseph, (i)
Treat, Richard, (i)
Tomochichi, (i)
Tottenham Court Road chapel (church founded by GW in London), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Tower of London, (i)
Tucker, Josiah, (i)
Tyerman, Luke, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Unconverted ministers, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)
Urim and Thummin, (i)
Vazeille, Mary (wife of John Wesley), (i), (ii)
Verelst, Harman, (i)
Vesey, William, (i)
Virginia: history of, (i); revival in, (i), (ii); slavery in, (i), (ii). See also Southern colonies; Williamsburg
Wallace, William, (i)
Warburton, William, (i)
Warne, Jonathan, (i)
War of Austrian Succession, (i), (ii)
War of Jenkins’ Ear, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
War of Spanish Succession, (i)
Washington, George, (i), (ii), (iii)
Watts, Isaac, (i), (ii), (iii)
Wesley, Charles: Arminianism of, (i), (ii); and charity, (i); and conflict with John Wesley, (i), (ii); and conflict with GW, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); conversion of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); and correspondence with GW, (i), (ii), (iii); and correspondence with John Wesley, (i); and devotional literature, (i); and Elizabeth Delamotte, (i), (ii); as hymn writer, (i); and Isaac Hollis, (i); and mentorship of GW, (i), (ii); as missionary, (i), (ii); as preacher, (i); publications of, (i); and (partial) reconciliation with GW, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v); and slavery, (i); and women, (i), (ii). See also Methodists, Moravians; Oxford University; Savannah
Wesley, John: and casting lots, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi); and commercial revolution, (i); and conflicts with GW, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi); conversion of, (i), (ii), (iii); and correspondence with GW, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii); and demon possession, (i); and devotional literature, (i), (ii); and Jonathan Edwards, (i); and funeral sermon for GW, (i), (ii); and the Holy Spirit, (i); legacy of, (i); and medicine, (i), (ii); and mentorship of GW, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); as missionary, (i), (ii); and Native Americans, (i); opposition to, (i), (ii); as preacher, (i), (ii), (iii); publications of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix); and (partial) reconciliations with GW, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi); and slavery, (i), (ii); and social reform, (i); and theater, (i); and women, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); and works-righteousness, (i). See also Arminianism; Enthusiasm; Methodists; Moravians; Perfectionism; and specific people and places
Wesley, Samuel (father of the Wesleys), (i)
Wesley, Susanna (mother of the Wesleys), (i), (ii)
Wheatley, Phyllis, (i)
Whitaker, Nathaniel, (i), (ii)
Whitefield, Andrew (brother of GW), (i), (ii), (iii)
Whitefield, Elizabeth (mother of GW), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)
Whitefield, Elizabeth, (i); and correspondence with prominent revivalists, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii); and correspondence with GW, (i), (ii), (iii); death of, (i), defends GW, (ii), (iii), (iv); and evangelicalism, (i); left in Charleston by GW, (i); marries GW, (i); miscarriages of, (i), (ii); presumed dead, (i); and relationship with GW, (i), (ii), (iii); and son, John, (i); travels with GW, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Whitefield, George (GW): and American Revolution, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii); and anti-Catholicism, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x); and audience size, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii); baptism of, (i); birth of, (i), (ii); Calvinist allies of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii); as celebrity, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii), (xix), (xx), (xxi); and charity, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii); childhood of, (i), (ii); and classical education, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii); conversion experience of, (i); death of, (i); as “Dr. Squintum,” (i), (ii), (iii); and dreams and visions, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv); and fasting, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii); legacy of, (i), (ii); marriage of, (i), (ii), (iii); mocked, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii); moderation of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi); and money, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii); ordination of, (i), (ii), (iii); as “pedlar in divinity,” (i), (ii); pictures and engravings of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii); and politics, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix); preaching style of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv); presumed dead, (i), (ii), (iii); and print media, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi); prison ministry of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi); schooling of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), and sea travel, (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii); violence toward, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi). See also African Americans; American Colonies; Anglican Church; Baptism; Bell Inn; Bethesda orphanage; Calvinism; Devil; Enthusiasm; Evangelicalism; Good works; Great Awakening; Hell; Holy Spirit; Jesus Christ; Lord’s Supper; Moravians; Native Americans; New birth; Perfectionism; St. Mary de Crypt; Sin; Slavery; Tabernacle; Theater; Women; and specific people, places, and publications
Whitefield, John (son of GW), (i), (ii)
Whitefield, Richard (brother of GW), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Whitefield, Samuel (great-uncle of GW), (i)
Whitefield, Thomas (father of GW), (i), (ii)
Whitefield, William (ancestor of GW), (i)
Wigglesworth, Edward, (i)
William and Mary. See Glorious Revolution
William and Mary, College of, (i), (ii)
Williams, Anne, (i)
Williamsburg, Virginia, (i)
Williamson, William, (i)
Wilmington, Delaware, (i)
Winter, Cornelius, (i), (ii), (iii)
Women, (i), (ii): and evangelicalism, (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii); GW accused of seducing, (i), (ii); GW’s relationships with, (i), (ii), (iii). See also Theater: gender roles in; and specific people
Wood, Enoch, (i)
Wren, Christopher, (i)
Wright, James, (i)
Wright, Patrick, (i)
Yale College: GW visits, (i); GW’s opinions of, (i), (ii), (iii); history of, (i), (ii); and revival, (i), (ii), (iii)
Zinzendorf, Nikolaus Ludwig von, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)