Searching for "the old writers" - de oude schrijvers

Milkman

I'm currently reading through "Bavinck On The Christian Life: Following Jesus In Faithful Service" which is part of Crossway's Theologians on The Christian Life series which Faithlife carries some.

I came across this sentence and I need help on how to do a search for these particular writers who were contemporaneous with the Second Reformation.

The Second Reformation was about rebirth, but above all, about sanctification and holy living. For this reason, the conventional caricature of Puritanism in general, and pietism more particularly - namely, that is represents an individualistic, ascetic, otherworldly, and anticultural Christianity - is definitely not applicable to the Second Reformation. The emphasis upon repentance, conversion, a living, active faith and the practice of piety, and the progressive reformation of the life of individuals was matched by a concern for the progressive reformation of the church and of society. The writers of the Second Reformation - commonly called de oude schrijvers (the old writers) (emphasis) - were not only familiar to the Dutch Seceders of the Nineteenth century; they were also much read and well loved.

How would I search for and not get a ton of hits (which I have already experienced) for the writers who are called "the old writers" in the above sentence?

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HJ. van der Wal

Shalom Milkman!

Have you tried searching for "Nadere Reformatie" (Second Reformation) and "oudvaders"?

You can also search your library for individual "oude schrijvers", e.g.: Taffin, Willem Teellinck, Voetius, Theodorus à Brakel, Wilhelmus à Brakel, Van Lodenstein, Koelman, Witsius, Hellenbroek, Smytegelt, Schortinghuis, Comrie, Van der Groe, etc.

Side note:

I hope Logos would put some of these "oudvaders" on Community Pricing. In contrast to Kuyper, Berkouwer and other neocalvinists many of these "old writers" are still being reprinted (and read!) in the Netherlands today.