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A CERTAIN MEASURE OF PERFECTION

A novel inspired by Roger Brierley (1586 – 1637)

  • About
    • The Theologia, Brierley & the Grindletonians
    • On Perfectism
  • EXTRACTS
    • Tempest Wayman (and Napier’s calculations) – Aug. 1616
    • The raising of the Egyptian Lazarus
    • The final deliberations of Archbishop Matthews
    • 1623 – a body in the garth
    • The Return of the Master (1)
    • The Return of the Master (2)
    • The demise of Brierley – Burnley 1637 Part 1
    • The demise of Brierley – Burnley 1637 Part 2
    • The key
    • Translating the Tree of Knowledge
    • The Sabbath of the Great Silence (c. 1607)
    • The dead man’s book lives…
    • Chapter 5 – 15 Janet, from the foothills, 1662
    • Featured extract
    • A letter to Grimes
    • Matthew’s introduction
  • Research
    • The Ackerschat or the ‘Treasure in the Field’ (DRAFT)
    • Ministers called to testify at Brierley’s York High Commission hearing
    • Is ‘Three Sunnes’ Everard’s take on the Tregony parhelic event of Dec. 1621?
    • The dating and matter of Brierley’s Burnley sermons
    • Charges against Roger Brierley – Work in progress
    • David Joris / Jan van Brugge
    • The Hiëlist schism of 1573
    • Who was Daniel James?’
    • John Traske & Philo-Judaism
    • Enclosure maps of Grindleton area (1595)
    • 1591 map of the Champion
    • Doctrine of Election 1560 – 1660 (in 8 parts)
      • Doctrine of Election (1)
      • Doctrine of Election (2)
      • Doctrine of Election (3)
      • Doctrine of Election (4)
      • Doctrine of Election (5)
      • Doctrine of Election (6)
      • Doctrine of Election (7)
      • Doctrine of Election (8)
    • Wills / Inventories (with links)
      • Some example wills from Preston
      • Brierley’s father’s will – transcription
      • Brierley’s mother’s will (1633)
    • Testimony of Giles Creech, Lambeth
    • Some BL documents
    • Richard Brome, Burnley witchcraft & collock-calling
    • Magic squares and Kabbalism in seventeenth century Northern England
    • Influences on the Mount & the Valley (prototype)
    • Hielist-Familist imagery from Plantin’s press in Antwerp
    • Foster’s of York
    • Demonic dogs of England
    • John Everard frontispiece image
  • D/loads
    • Doctrine of Election
    • Grindleton talk (March 2016)
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  • Images
    • Gallery 1
    • Gallery 2
  • Links

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David Joris & his alter ego, Jan van Brugge

Posted on July 17, 2017July 17, 2017 by simonjkyte

Source: David Joris & his alter ego, Jan van Brugge

Posted in Non-Conformists, UncategorizedTagged Anabaptism, dutch, dutch langauge, low countries, netherlands, nonconformists, switzerlandLeave a comment

Grindleton talk (March 2016)

Posted on March 6, 2017March 6, 2017 by simonjkyte

BRIERLEY’S ARRIVAL IN GRINDLETON / GODLY CONTEXT Click on the link below to download a PDF. Brierley’s arrival THEOLOGIA GERMANICA AND THE NATURE OF PERFECTION Click on the link below to download a…

Source: Grindleton talk (March 2016)

Posted in grindletonianism, UncategorizedTagged belgium, England, history, netherlands, religion, seventeenth centuryLeave a comment

Familism in England

Posted on March 6, 2017March 6, 2017 by simonjkyte

https://certainmeasureofperfection.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/familists4.pdf

 

Posted in UncategorizedTagged belgium, England, netherlands, plantin-moretus, religion1 Comment

David Joris & his alter ego, Jan van Brugge

Posted on February 13, 2017February 13, 2017 by simonjkyte

David Joris (c. 1501 – 1556) was a theologian generally regarded as an Anabaptist but who actually went through several separate phases over the course of his life and who is sometimes cited as the…

Source: David Joris & his alter ego, Jan van Brugge

Posted in UncategorizedTagged dutch language, netherlands, theology1 Comment

Works of H.N.

Posted on February 25, 2016February 25, 2016 by simonjkyte

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ImagePosted in family of love, UncategorizedTagged A Certain Measure of Perfection, antiquarian, antwerp, emden, Hendrik Niclaes, HN, netherlands, Rare books, Simon J Kyte, vitells, vittellsLeave a comment
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