I. Introduction. 1. A Biblical Culture -- II. The Revolutionary Bible. 2. Before 1640. 3. Fast Sermons and Politics, 1640-1660. 4. Metaphors and Programmes. 5. The Wilderness, the Garden and the Hedge. 6. Poverty, Usury and Debt. 7. Political Divisions and the Civil War; Liberty and Libertinism. 8. The Bible and Radical Politics -- III. International Catholicism and National Politics. 9. The Decalogue and Idolatry. 10. Chosen Nation, Chosen People. 11. Covenanted Peoples: Scotland and England. 12. God is Leaving England. 13. The Reign of the Saints. 14. Antichrist and his Armies. 15. 'The Man of Blood' -- IV. The Bible and English Literature. 16. Some Biblical Influences. 17. Milton, Bunyan and Marvell -- V. The End of the Revolutionary Bible. 18. The Bible and an Unequal Society. 19. The Bible Dethroned. 20. Unfinished Business -- Appendix A. God the Highwayman -- Appendix B.A Note on Liberation Theology -- Index of Biblical Persons and Places.