@article{Lyons_2016, title={Realizing Calvin’s Radical Potential: Interpreting Jeremiah 48:10 during the English Revolution}, volume={6}, url={https://relegere.org/relegere/article/view/703}, DOI={10.11157/rsrr6-1-703}, abstractNote={In his <em>Political Grace: The Revolutionary Theology of John Calvin</em> (2009), Roland Boer asks “what if we let loose the revolutionary strain of Calvin’s theology and politics?” This article examines the impact of Calvin’s ideas on the English Revolution (1642--51), as exemplified in a sermon by Stephen Marshall on Judg 5:23. His much-repeated <em>Meroz Cursed</em> was first delivered to Parliament in 1641 and called for the execution of the King’s councillor, the Earl of Strafford. Picking up on Calvin’s written comments on Jer 48:10, the article examines Marshall’s use of that text to argue that Parliament’s choice was between taking divinely approved <em>action</em> or being judged for their <em>inaction</em>, echoing Calvin’s usage. Calvin’s “revolutionary strain” was thus loosed to tumultuous effect in seventeenth-century England, culminating in the execution of Charles 1.}, number={1}, journal={Relegere: Studies in Religion and Reception}, author={Lyons, William John}, year={2016}, month={Aug.}, pages={1–18} }