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Jarratt was born on January 17, 1733, in Kent, Virginia, the son of Robert and Sarah (Bradley) Jarratt. His grandfather Jarratt was a native of London, and his grandmother, of Ireland.
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A Sermon, Preached Before the Convention: Of the Protestant Episcopal Church, at Richmond, in Virginia, May 3d, 1792 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from A Sermon, Preached Before the Convention: Of the Protestant Episcopal Church, at Richmond, in Virginia, May 3d, 1792 My Brethren, If we consider the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, as a complete system of religion, devised by infinite wisdom and goodness, for the recovery of lost mankind to the favour and image of God, we shall discover a fitness therein, every way adapted to answer the end designed; and that, in this view, the gospel is consistent with the highest reason. But if we consider it merely as a system of morals, the Gospel becomes a riddle of absurdities, and leaves us in the dark how to account for the thousandth part of its sacred contents. Whoever adverts to the tenour of the holy scriptures, will find that they uniformly represent mankind, by nature, as fallen from God; - fallen into sin, and under guilt and condemnation; - as having lost the divine favour and their own innocency, and all that original rectitude and primitive purity, which they possessed, when they first came out of the plastic hand of their Creator. On this foundation the whole scheme of salvation, through the mediation of Jesus Christ, standeth. Accordingly the gospel takes into consideration the nature of God, as a Being, holy, just and pure, as well as good, merciful and compassionate; and the nature and circumstances of man, as fallen, guilty and depraved; and makes adequate provisions for reconciling God to man, by the propitiatory sacrifice of the Redeemer; and man to God, by renovating and refining degenerate nature, by divine grace. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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A brief narrative of the revival of religion in Virginia. In a letter to a friend. The third edition.
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An Argument Between an Anabaptist and a Methodist, on the Subject and Mode of Baptism: To Which Is Prefixed a Letter to the Publisher (Classic Reprint)
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A Practical Guide for the Cake and Bread Baker
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Devereux Jarratt
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Before the death of his parents Jarratt received some schooling, but later, under the guardianship of an older brother, he spent the most of his time in training horses for the turf, preparing gamecocks for match and main, and cultivating the plantation. Fond of study, however, he educated himself sufficiently to find employment as a teacher. While tutoring in the family of a Mr. John Cannon he encountered Presbyterian influences, and his mind turned strongly to religion. Urged to become a minister, when he was about twenty-five years old he put himself under the instruction of Alexander Martin, later governor of North Carolina and United States senator, then teaching in the home of a Cumberland gentleman.
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Although at first prejudiced against the Established Church because of the Presbyterian agencies which had brought about his conversion, and also because of the loose lives of the Virginia clergy, Jarratt finally decided to enter that body. Accordingly, in October 1762 he sailed for England where he was ordained deacon by the Bishop of London, December 25, and priest by the Bishop of Chester on January 1, 1763. Returning to Virginia, on August 29, 1763, he became rector of Bath parish, Dinwiddie County, and retained that position until his death almost thirty-eight years later. In a period of formalism and decay in the Church, he stood forth, at first almost alone, as the apostle of vital religion. He concerned himself solely with spiritual things, never meddling in politics, though he quietly encouraged the struggle for American independence. From the beginning of his ministry, Jarratt preached the need of repentance and a new birth, and condemned the worldliness into which both laity and clergy had fallen. His labors were not confined to his own parish or to the regular services of the church calendar. Anticipating some of the methods of the Wesleyans, he carried on evangelistic work in many of the counties of Virginia and also in North Carolina, often preaching five days in the week. As a result of his zeal from 1764 to 1772 there was a notable and widespread awakening of religious interest. In 1776 Jarratt wrote A Brief Narrative of the Revival of Religion in Virginia in a Letter to a Friend, which was sent to John Wesley and later printed in London, a second and third edition being issued there in 1778. When the Methodist preacher Robert Williams came to Virginia in 1773, Jarratt entertained and assisted him. Assured that the Methodists did not contemplate leaving the Established Church, he cooperated with them cordially. When the Methodists organized themselves into an independent body his attitude toward them was less cordial. Although deeply attached to the Episcopal Church, he was treated with coolness by many of its clergy, and attended few of its conventions. At one held at Richmond, May 3, 1792, however, he preached an earnest, evangelical sermon which was printed, a fourth edition appearing as late as 1809. In 1791 he published Thoughts on Some Capital Subjects in Divinity in a Series of Letters to a Friend, which was reprinted in The Life of the Reverend Devereux Jarratt, Written by Himself, in a Series of Letters Addressed to the Rev. John Coleman (1806). He also published Sermons on Various and Important Subjects, in Practical Divinity, Adapted to the Meanest Capacities, and Suited to the Family and Closet (3 vols. , 1793-1794). An Argument Between an Anabaptist and a Methodist on the Subject and Mode of Baptism, "published by a member of the Church of England, " reprinted in 1814, is also attributed to him. During his last years he suffered from a cancer of the face which ultimately caused his death on January 29, 1801.
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A Sermon, Preached Before the Convention: Of the Protestant Episcopal Church, at Richmond, in Virginia, May 3d, 1792 (Classic Reprint)
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An Argument Between an Anabaptist and a Methodist, on the Subject and Mode of Baptism: To Which Is Prefixed a Letter to the Publisher (Classic Reprint)
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A brief narrative of the revival of religion in Virginia. In a letter to a friend. The third edition.
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A Practical Guide for the Cake and Bread Baker
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A Sermon, Preached Before the Convention: Of the Protestant Episcopal Church, at Richmond, in Virginia, May 3d, 1792 (Classic Reprint)
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Jarratt was married to Martha, daughter of Burnell Claiborne and Georgiana Poythress Claiborne.
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Anglican