The Works of William Perkins, Volume 5

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RHB.-2018.  d.w. 784pp.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 modern typeset edition of the Works includes four volumes of Perkinsâ s expositions of Scripture, three volumes of his doctrinal and polemical treatises, and three volumes of his practical writings.This fifth volumeâ ¦Contents:· The Foundation of Christian Religion Gathered into Six Principles· An Exposition of the Symbol, or the Creed of the Apostles· An Exposition of the Lordâ s PrayerAuthorWilliam Perkins (1558â 1602) earned a bachelorâ s degree in 1581 and a masterâ s degree in 1584 from Christâ s College in Cambridge. During those student years he joined up with Laurence Chaderton, who became his personal tutor and lifelong friend. Perkins and Chaderton met with Richard Greenham, Richard Rogers, and others in a spiritual brotherhood at Cambridge that espoused Puritan convictions.From 1584 until his death, Perkins served as lecturer, or preacher, at Great St. Andrewâ s Church, Cambridge, a most influential pulpit across the street from Christâ s College. He also served as a teaching fellow at Christâ s College, catechized students at Corpus Christi College on Thursday afternoons, and worked as a spiritual counselor on Sunday afternoons. In these roles Perkins influenced a generation of young students, including Richard Sibbes, John Cotton, John Preston, and William Ames. Thomas Goodwin wrote that when he entered Cambridge, six of his instructors who had sat under Perkins were still passing on his teaching. Ten years after Perkinsâ s death,Cambridge was still â filled with the discourse of the power of Mr. William Perkinsâ ministry,â Goodwin said.Perkinsâ s influence as a theologian continued unabated after his death. This was due in large part to the widespread popularity of his writings. His writings were translated into several European languages and greatly influenced British and American Reformed theology, the Dutch Further Reformation, and European Pietism.EditorsRyan Hurd is a ThM student at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary and a member of Redeemer Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Ada, Michigan.Joel R. Beeke is president of Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary and a pastor of the Heritage Reformed Congregation in Grand Rapids, Michigan.Derek W. H. Thomas is senior minister of First Presbyterian in Columbia, South Carolina, and the Robert Strong Professor of Systematic Theology and Practical Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary in Atlanta, Georgia. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9507

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