* M I H THE HISTORY AND CHARACTER OF CALVINISM John T. McNeill The History and Character of CALVINISM New York OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Copyright 1954 by Oxford University Press, Inc. Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 54-691 Third Printing, 1962 Printed in the United States of America Gratefully dedicated to the memory of my father William Cavendish McNeill i849-!928 an exemplar of Calvinist faith and virtue