Franklin was an enthusiastic admirer of the evangelical minister George Whitefield during the First Great Awakening. He did not himself subscribe to Whitefield's theology, but he admired Whitefield for exhorting people to worship God through good works. He published all of Whitefield's sermons and journals, thereby earning a lot of money and boosting the Great Awakening.Isaacson, 2004, pp. 107–113.
Franklin was an enthusiastic admirer of the evangelical, minister George Whitefield during the First Great Awakening. He did not himself subscribe to Whitefield's theology, but he admired Whitefield for exhorting people to worship God. through good works. He published all of Whitefield's sermons and journals, thereby earning a lot of money and boosting the Great AwakeningIsaacson 2004, pp. 107–113.