Meet the Puritans: A Guide to Their Lives and Books, 2nd Edition

Whether youre meeting them for the first time or returning with questions,this is the indispensableguide to the lives and works of the Puritans.

If your impression of the Puritans comes from grim portraits, high collars, and joyless sermons,Meet the Puritanswill surprise you in the best way. Behind those caricatures lies a warm, Christ-centered spiritual tradition shaped by people who loved Scripture, treasured grace, and sought to glorify God in every part of life.

The Puritans took life seriouslybecause they took God seriously. Grace and guilt, love and sacrifice, heaven and hell werent abstractions to them; they were urgent realities. Today, when conviction of sin is dismissed as gloom, when earnest faith is pitied, and when diligent obedience is labeled as legalism, we desperately need their witness.

If you hunger for depth, for holiness, for real communion with God, open these pages. Let these lives challenge you and these writings nourish you. Take the time to meet the Puritansyoull find in them deep truths, godly examples, and an exalted Christ.

This New Edition Includes:

45 New Biographiesfor a total of 190 English and American Puritans, seventeenth-century Scottish Presbyterians, and Dutch Further Reformation divines.
278 New Summariesof Puritan works, with annotated bibliographies of modern reprints.
Comprehensive Revisionof the entire previous edition.
200 New Titles Addedto the select bibliography of secondary sources.
New, Expanded Glossaryplus an updated, expanded list of Puritan publishers.

The definitive reference for engaging the Puritan traditionpraised by pastors, scholars, and serious readers alike.

Substantial enough for study, accessible enough for devotional use,Meet the Puritansis that rare kind of reference book that invites you to actually read it.

If youre serious about reading the Puritansor simply looking for a clear starting pointthis is the place to begin.