A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life by Joel R. Beeke | A Comprehensive Survey of Puritan Teaching for Spiritual Growth | Reformation Heritage Theology Hardcover - Hardcover

Joel R. Beeke; Mark Jones

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1601781660 ISBN 13: 9781601781666

Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books, 2012

Synopsis

A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life offers a groundbreaking treatment of the Puritans’ teaching on most major Reformed doctrines, particularly those doctrines in which the Puritans made significant contributions. Since the late 1950s, nearly 150 Puritan authors and 700 Puritan titles have been reprinted and catalogued by Joel Beeke and Randall Pederson in their 2006 collection of mini-biographies and book reviews, titled, Meet the Puritans. However, no work until now has gathered together the threads of their teaching into a unified tapestry of systematic theology.

A Puritan Theology, by Joel Beeke and Mark Jones, attempts to do that. The book addresses Puritan teachings on all six loci of theology, covering fifty areas of doctrine. The book explores Puritan teachings on biblical interpretation, God, predestination, providence, angels, sin, the covenants, the gospel, Christ, preparation for conversion, regeneration, coming to Christ, justification, adoption, church government, the Sabbath, preaching, baptism, heaven, hell, and many other topics. It ends with eight chapters that explore Puritan “theology in practice.” Some chapters highlight the work of a specific theologian such as William Perkins, William Ames, John Owen, Stephen Charnock, or Thomas Goodwin on a specific topic. Other chapters survey various authors on a particular subject. The goal of A Puritan Theology is to increase knowledge in the mind and godliness in the soul. It was written for theologians, historians, pastors, and educated laymen who seek to learn more about Puritan theology.

Contents

Introduction

Prolegomena

1. The Puritans on Natural and Supernatural Theology
2. Puritan Hermeneutics and Exegesis
3. The Learned Doctor William Ames and The Marrow of Theology

Theology Proper

4. Stephen Charnock on the Attributes of God
5. The Puritans on the Trinity
6. John Owen on Communion with the Triune God
7. William Perkins on Predestination
8. Thomas Goodwin and Johannes Maccovius on Justification from Eternity
9. Thomas Goodwin’s Christological Supralapsarianism
10. The Puritans on Providence
11. The Puritans on Angels
12. The Puritans on Demons

Anthropology and Covenant Theology

13. The Puritans on the Sinfulness of Sin
14. The Puritans on the Covenant of Works
15. The Puritans on the Covenant of Redemption
16. The Puritans on the Covenant of Grace
17. The Puritans on the Old and New Covenants: A Gracious Moses?
18. The Minority Report: John Owen on Sinai
19. The Puritans on Covenant Conditions

Christology

20. The Puritans on Law and Gospel
21. Puritan Christology
22. The Puritans on Christ’s Offices and States
23. The Blood of Christ in Puritan Piety
24. Anthony Burgess on Christ’s Intercession for Us
25. Thomas Goodwin on Christ’s Beautiful Heart
26. The Puritans on Understanding and Using God’s Promises

Soteriology

27. The Puritans on the Holy Spirit
28. Puritan Preparatory Grace
29. The Puritans on Regeneration
30. The Puritans on Union with Christ, Justification, and Regeneration
31. John Owen on Justification by Faith Alone
32. The Puritans on Coming to Christ
33. The Puritans on Living in Christ
34. The Puritans on Adoption
35. The Puritans on the Third Use of the Law
36. Richard Sibbes on Entertaining the Holy Spirit
37. William Perkins and His Greatest Case of Conscience
38. The Puritans on Perseverance of the Saints

Ecclesiology

39. The Puritans on the Government of the Church
40. The Puritans on the Offices of the Church
41. John Owen on the Christian Sabbath and Worship
42. Puritan Preaching (1)
43. Puritan Preaching (2)
44. John Bunyan’s Preaching to the Heart
45. The Puritans and Paedobaptism
46. The Puritans on the Lord’s Supper
47. Puritan Prayers for World Missions

Eschatology

48. “The City on a Hill”: The American Puritans’ Optimistic View of the End Times
49. Thomas Manton on the Judgment according to Works
50. How History Informs the Historicist: Thomas Goodwin’s Reading of Revelation
51. Christopher Love on the Glories of Heaven and Terrors of Hell

Theology in Practice

52. Puritan Theology Shaped by a Pilgrim Mentality
53. The Puritans on Walking Godly in the Home
54. Matthew Henry on a Practical Method of Daily Prayer
55. The Puritan Practice of Meditation
56. The Puritans on Conscience
57. Puritan Casuistry
58. Puritan Sacrificial Zeal
59. Practical Lessons from Puritan Theology Today

Afterword

60. A Final Word

About this title

About the Author

Joel R. Beeke is President and Professor of Systematic Theology and Homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is a leading expert on Puritanism, a popular conference speaker, and the author of numerous books.

Mark Jones is the minister of Faith Presbyterian Church, a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is also Research Associate in the Faculty of Theology at University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.

Edition details

• Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1601781660
• ISBN 13: 9781601781666
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1060