The Works of William Perkins, Volume 8

by William Perkins

Publisher:

Reformation Heritage

, 2019

Overview

The Works of William Perkins fills a major gap in Reformed and Puritan theology. Though Perkins is best known today for his writings on predestination, he also wrote prolifically on many subjects. His works filled over two thousand large pages of small print in three folio volumes and were reprinted several times in the decades after his death. His complete works, however, have not been in print since the mid-seventeenth century. This eighth volume includes five treatises meant to promote a good conscience before God. There is much in the present volume to commend to the reader, but what clearly stands out is Perkins’s skill as a spiritual adviser.

Key Features

• Includes five treatises meant to promote a good conscience before God
• Provides consolation to weak Christians by encouraging them to recognize and grow in gratitude for the grace they have
• Establishes a framework for understanding the importance of conscience and how it functions

Praise for the Series

On the broad shoulders of William Perkins, epoch-making pioneer, stood the entire school of seventeenth-century Puritan pastors and divines, yet the Puritan reprint industry has steadily bypassed him. Now, however, he begins to reappear, admirably edited, and at last this yawning gap is being filled. Profound thanks to the publisher and heartfelt praise to God have become due.

—J. I. Packer, Board of Governors’ Professor of Theology, Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia

The list of those influenced by the ministry of William Perkins reads like a veritable Who’s Who of the Puritan Brotherhood and far beyond. This reprinting of his works, so long unobtainable except by a few, is therefore a publishing event of the first magnitude.

—Sinclair B. Ferguson, Chancellor’s Professor of Systematic Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary; teaching fellow, Ligonier Ministries

There was no more important leader in the Puritan movement than William Perkins. To see his works reprinted in a reader-friendly format and with state-of-the-art critical apparatus as a bonus seems too good to be true. This project is a landmark event for both Reformation scholarship and the spiritual edification of Christians.

—Leland Ryken, professor of English emeritus, Wheaton College, and author of Worldly Saints: The Puritans as They Really Were

Product Details

• Title: The Works of William Perkins, Volume 8
• Author: William Perkins
• Series: The Works of William Perkins
• Volume: 8
• Publisher: Reformation Heritage
• Print Publication Date: 2019
• Logos Release Date: 2022
• Pages: 712
• Era: era:reformation
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Puritans; Theology › Early works to 1800
• ISBNs: 9781601787569, 9781601787576, 1601787561, 160178757, 160178757X
• Resource ID: LLS:WRKSWLLMPRKNS08
• Resource Type: text.monograph.collected-work
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-08T05:05:33Z

About William Perkins

William Perkins (1558–1602) was a clergyman and Cambridge theologian who was one of the foremost leaders of the Puritan movement in the Church of England. He earned his BA in 1581 and a MA in 1584 from Christ’s College in Cambridge. From 1584 until his death, Perkins served as lecturer, or preacher, at Great St. Andrew’s Church, Cambridge, an influential pulpit across the street from Christ’s College. He also served as a teaching fellow at Christ’s College, catechized students at Corpus Christi College on Thursday afternoons, and worked as a spiritual counselor on Sunday afternoons. His writings were translated into several European languages and greatly influenced British and American Reformed theology, the Dutch Further Reformation, and European Pietism.