Meet the Puritans: With a Guide to Modern Reprints
Overview
This encyclopedic resource provides biographical sketches of all the major Puritans as well as bibliographic summaries of their writings and work. Meet the Puritans is an important addition to the library of the layman, pastor, student and scholar.
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- Examines biographical sketches of all the major Puritans
- Presents bibliographic summaries of Puritan writings and work
- Provides an important resource to the library of pastors, students, and scholars
Top Highlights
“They focus on Christ. According to Thomas Adams, ‘Christ is the sum of the whole Bible, prophesied, typified, prefigured, exhibited, demonstrated, to be found in every leaf, almost in every line, the Scriptures being but as it were the swaddling bands of the child Jesus.” (Pages xxi–xxii)
“The term Puritan was first used in the 1560s of those English Protestants who considered the reforms under Queen Elizabeth incomplete and called for further ‘purification’ (from the Greek word katharos, ‘pure’).” (Page xv)
“Thus, the Westminster Confession became the doctrinal standard for Puritan theology.” (Page 8)
“For a topical and textual index to the writings of the Puritans, see Robert P. Martin’s A Guide to the Puritans, which includes most of the books reviewed in this volume. Martin’s book is a necessary complement to this volume for those who are serious about knowing and studying the themes and texts handled in the Puritan tradition.” (Page xxviii)
“Some modern research has pointed to a third possibility, that the essence of Puritanism was its piety, a stress on conversion, on existential, heartfelt religion’ (‘The Logic of Assurance in English Puritan Theology,’ Westminster Theological Journal 52 [1990]:247).” (Page xvi)
As furnaces burn with ancient coal and not with the leaves that fall from today’s trees, so my heart is kindled with the fiery substance I find in the old Scripture-steeped sermons of Puritan pastors. A warm thanks to the authors of Meet the Puritans for all the labor to make them known.
—John Piper, pastor, Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis
The Puritans—English, Scottish, American, and Dutch—are being read again! In an era of superficial discipleship and erratic, impotent, ailing, and dying churches, this is indeed a hopeful sign. And this wide-ranging handbook of backup information about the writers themselves, their special strengths, and modern reprints of their books, is another hopeful sign. Meet the Puritans is a fascinating compendium, scholarly yet popular and accessible, that Puritan-lovers will value very highly—and justly so.
—J. I. Packer, professor of theology, Regent College
Joel Beeke and Randall Pederson have given us a priceless treasure in this introduction to the Puritans and Puritan literature. I have often wished for just such a resource. An encyclopedic wealth of biographical and bibliographical information has been distilled here in a simple, readable, understandable, and wonderfully useful compendium. For the novice lay person who wants a reliable introduction to the Puritans, this is the perfect handbook. And for the seasoned scholar seeking a catalogue of the best available Puritan literature, this is also an indispensable tool. My prayer is that it will help spark a new wave of interest in the Puritans, a new appreciation for their theology, and especially a revival of their passion for careful biblical exposition.
Finally, the resource we’ve always needed! Meet the Puritans is one of those books that raises the question: Why has this not been done before now? We are in Joel Beeke and Randall Pederson’s debt for giving us the best introductory book on the Puritans ever made available. Meet the Puritans is nothing less than a who’s-who of the Puritan tradition.
—R. Albert Mohler, Jr., president, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Title: Meet the Puritans: With a Guide to Modern Reprints
- Authors: Joel Beeke, Randall J. Pederson
- Publisher: Reformation Heritage
- Print Publication Date: 2006
- Logos Release Date: 2014
- Pages: 896
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Puritans
- ISBNs: 1601780001, 9781601780003
- Resource ID: LLS:MEETTHEPURITANS
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T01:30:00Z
Randall J. Pederson is a member of the Heritage Netherlands Reformed Congregation in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and the author of several publications relating to Puritanism.
Joel R. Beeke is president and professor of systematic theology and homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, pastor of the Heritage Netherlands Reformed Congregation in Grand Rapids, Michigan, editorial director of Reformation Heritage Books, and editor of the Banner of Sovereign Grace Truth. He has written, coauthored, or edited over 70 books.