false 2686907 1 Beadle's book is essentially a how-to manual about how to write a spiritual diary; moreover, it is the only one of its kind written in seventeenth-century England. Modern scholars often mention its influence and importance in understanding the "journaling" impulse among the Puritans of the 16th and 17th centuries. This is the first modern systematic examination or critical edition of the work. 2712230 1 3 1996 A Critical Edition of John Beadle's A Journall or Diary of a Thankfull Christian (Renaissance Imagination) total:1|5:1| 1 5 1 0 5 0 false false Sun Jul 12 13:11:58 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 18:01:47 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 13:11:58 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2686907