CHAPTER I

THE UNDERMINING OF PURITAN STANDARDS AND INSTITUTIONS

1. Rapid Disintegration of Puritanism after the Revolution 13

2. Ominous Discontent with the Standing Order 33

3. Alarms due to the Spread of Religious Radicalism and Scepticism 66

## CHAPTER II POLITICAL ENTANGLEMENTS AND HYSTERIA

1. The Situation prior to 1798 103

2. The Situation from 1798 to 1800 122

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