Darkness Falls on the Land of Light: Experiencing Religious Awakenings in Eighteenth-Century New England (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early ... and the University of North Carolina Press)

by Douglas L. Winiarski

the Lyme revivalist went a step further than nearly all of his fellow Whitefieldarians. In a manner that anticipated the unusual ministry of layman Richard Woodbury, he arrogated to himself not only the ability to judge the eternal estates of others but also the power to save and damn.