Abstract
Protestant writing of the early modern era vividly evokes both joy and the threat of joylessness. For the individual soul seeking signs of its salvation, joy is a proof or "earnest" of its sanctification by the Holy Spirit. Conversely, joylessness is a sign of the spirit's absence from the life of the individual believer and the corporate church. To illustrate this dynamic of joy and joylessness, I examine selected works of German and English theology before turning to book 1 of Spenser's The Faerie Queene and John Donne's Sermons.
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