Wilson, Robert J., 1944- The benevolent deity : Ebenezer Gay and the rise of rational religion in New England, 1696-1787 / Robert J. Wilson III. - Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1984 - xv, 311 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Open access. ISBN: 0812278917 LCCN: 833657 Subjects--Personal Names: Gay, Ebenezer, 1696-1787. Subjects--Topical Terms: Congregational churches--Clergy--Massachusetts--Biography.Massachusetts--Biography.Arminianism--History--18th century.Rationalism--History--18th century.