would be easy to imagine that a 16th- or 17th-century Calvinist would pay little attention to private emotional matters; indeed, the stereotype of such a man or woman would seem to ensure it. But nothing could be further from the truth. As we have seen in the leader for this issue, internal examination, reflection and writing on one’s emotional state was central to Calvinist faith. Nowhere, perhaps, is this more vividly demonstrated than in the
