William Perkins, Architect of Puritanism

By Joel R. Beeke

2019

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4.30

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157

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Once a highly influential preacher in the Elizabethan Church and the international Reformed world, William Perkins (1558-1602) has become a rather surprisingly neglected figure in the history of the church. In this book, Joel Beeke, Sinclair Ferguson, Greg Salazar, Geoff Thomas, and Stephen Yuille seek to recover the importance of Perkins by situating his life, priorities, ministry challenges, and influence within their original seventeenth-century context. They help readers 'to peer behind the veil' to see the real Perkins as he contended for the faith and attempted to shepherd God's people in the midst of profound challenges. In this way, this volume will be both a reservoir of theological and practical truth and will foster a greater experiential knowledge of and love for the great God who William Perkins proclaimed and served. Table of

Preface—Joel R. Beeke and Greg Salazar
Life and Ministry—Sinclair B. Ferguson
Pursuit of Godliness—Geoffrey Thomas
The Greatest Case of Conscience—Joel R. Beeke
The Wholesome Doctrine of Faith and Love—Stephen Yuille
The Primacy of Scripture, Preaching, and Piety—Greg Salazar
Conclusion—Joel R. Beeke and Greg Salazar

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Author

Joel R. Beeke

Author · 78 books

Dr. Joel R. Beeke serves as President and Professor of Systematic Theology, Church History, and Homiletics. He has been in the ministry since 1978 and has served as a pastor of his current church since 1986. He is also editor of the Banner of Sovereign Grace Truth, editorial director of Reformation Heritage Books, president of Inheritance Publishers, and vice-president of the Dutch Reformed Translation Society. He has written, co-authored, or edited fifty books and contributed over fifteen hundred articles to Reformed books, journals, periodicals, and encyclopedias. His Ph.D. (1988) from Westminster Theological Seminary is in Reformation and Post-Reformation Theology. He is frequently called upon to lecture at Reformed seminaries and to speak at conferences around the world. He and his wife, Mary, have three children: Calvin, Esther, and Lydia.