Read Prepared by Grace, for Grace: The Puritans on God’s Way of Leading Sinners to Christ

Prepared by Grace, for Grace: The Puritans on God’s Way of Leading Sinners to Christ

Unknown Author

4.9/5 (31634 ratings)

Description:Few teachings of the Puritans have provoked such strong reactions and conflicting interpretations as their views on preparing for saving faith. Many twentieth-century scholars dismissed preparation as a prime example of regression from the Reformed doctrine of grace for a man-centered legalism. In Prepared by Grace, for Grace, Joel Beeke and Paul Smalley make careful analysis of the Puritan understanding of preparatory grace, demonstrate its fundamental continuity with the Reformed tradition, and identify matters where even the Puritans disagreed among themselves. Clearing away the many misconceptions and associated accusations of preparationism, this study is sure to be the standard work on how the Puritans understood the ordinary way God leads sinners to Christ.Table of Contents:Introduction: The Question of Preparationism Preparation and Modern Scholarship Precedents to Puritan Preparation: Augustine to Calvin Preparation and Early English Puritans: Perkins, Sibbes, and Preston Preparation for Conversion: William Ames Preparation in Early New England (I): Thomas Hooker Preparation in Early New England (II): Shepard and Pemble Preparation and the Antinomian Controversy: John Cotton Preparation at the Pinnacle of Puritanism: Westminster, Burroughs, and Guthrie Preparation under a Scholastic Lens: Norton Preparation and Later Puritan Critiques: Goodwin and Firmin Later Puritan Preparation: Flavel and Bunyan Jonathan Edwards and Seeking God Continental Reformed Perspectives: Zwingli to Witsius The Grace of Preparation for FaithAppendix: William Ames’s Theological Disputation on PreparationAuthors Joel R. Beeke is president and professor of systematic theology and homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, and a pastor of the Heritage Netherlands Reformed Congregation in Grand Rapids, Michigan.Paul M. Smalley is a teacher’s assistant for Dr. Beeke.Endorsements “I can think of no abler team of writers in the world today to tackle the important issue of preparatory grace, with all of its attendant law-gospel implications, than Joel Beeke and Paul Smalley. As with legalism, preparatory grace suffers from verbal abuse—partly through ignorance of the real issues, and partly through prejudice for its supposed attempt to usurp gospel grace. Beeke and Smalley have provided us with a plethora of historical and theological material to enable us to walk through this controversial but important issue. It has been suggested that to understand the relationship between law and gospel is to be a theologian; on this score, these authors are theologians par excellence.” — Derek W. H. Thomas, professor of systematic and historical theology, RTS Atlanta, and minister for preaching and teaching, First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, South Carolina“No subject is more important to man than knowing how he may be saved. The Puritans excelled in their exposition of a scriptural gospel. Yet while they rejected a theology of human merit and of free will, they differed somewhat in their view as to the preparatory work of God in those who are saved. The authors of this comprehensive study expound most carefully these different Puritan emphases and also critique the views of such modern writers on the Puritans as Perry Miller, George Marsden, Norman Pettit, and R. T. Kendall. The extensive use made by the authors of both the available primary and secondary sources indicates the great care that has been used by the writers to be fair to the great Puritans and in this way to help the modern reader. I recommend this study especially, but not only to preachers.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Prepared by Grace, for Grace: The Puritans on God’s Way of Leading Sinners to Christ. To get started finding Prepared by Grace, for Grace: The Puritans on God’s Way of Leading Sinners to Christ, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 1601782357

Description: Few teachings of the Puritans have provoked such strong reactions and conflicting interpretations as their views on preparing for saving faith. Many twentieth-century scholars dismissed preparation as a prime example of regression from the Reformed doctrine of grace for a man-centered legalism. In Prepared by Grace, for Grace, Joel Beeke and Paul Smalley make careful analysis of the Puritan understanding of preparatory grace, demonstrate its fundamental continuity with the Reformed tradition, and identify matters where even the Puritans disagreed among themselves. Clearing away the many misconceptions and associated accusations of preparationism, this study is sure to be the standard work on how the Puritans understood the ordinary way God leads sinners to Christ.Table of Contents:Introduction: The Question of Preparationism Preparation and Modern Scholarship Precedents to Puritan Preparation: Augustine to Calvin Preparation and Early English Puritans: Perkins, Sibbes, and Preston Preparation for Conversion: William Ames Preparation in Early New England (I): Thomas Hooker Preparation in Early New England (II): Shepard and Pemble Preparation and the Antinomian Controversy: John Cotton Preparation at the Pinnacle of Puritanism: Westminster, Burroughs, and Guthrie Preparation under a Scholastic Lens: Norton Preparation and Later Puritan Critiques: Goodwin and Firmin Later Puritan Preparation: Flavel and Bunyan Jonathan Edwards and Seeking God Continental Reformed Perspectives: Zwingli to Witsius The Grace of Preparation for FaithAppendix: William Ames’s Theological Disputation on PreparationAuthors Joel R. Beeke is president and professor of systematic theology and homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, and a pastor of the Heritage Netherlands Reformed Congregation in Grand Rapids, Michigan.Paul M. Smalley is a teacher’s assistant for Dr. Beeke.Endorsements “I can think of no abler team of writers in the world today to tackle the important issue of preparatory grace, with all of its attendant law-gospel implications, than Joel Beeke and Paul Smalley. As with legalism, preparatory grace suffers from verbal abuse—partly through ignorance of the real issues, and partly through prejudice for its supposed attempt to usurp gospel grace. Beeke and Smalley have provided us with a plethora of historical and theological material to enable us to walk through this controversial but important issue. It has been suggested that to understand the relationship between law and gospel is to be a theologian; on this score, these authors are theologians par excellence.” — Derek W. H. Thomas, professor of systematic and historical theology, RTS Atlanta, and minister for preaching and teaching, First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, South Carolina“No subject is more important to man than knowing how he may be saved. The Puritans excelled in their exposition of a scriptural gospel. Yet while they rejected a theology of human merit and of free will, they differed somewhat in their view as to the preparatory work of God in those who are saved. The authors of this comprehensive study expound most carefully these different Puritan emphases and also critique the views of such modern writers on the Puritans as Perry Miller, George Marsden, Norman Pettit, and R. T. Kendall. The extensive use made by the authors of both the available primary and secondary sources indicates the great care that has been used by the writers to be fair to the great Puritans and in this way to help the modern reader. I recommend this study especially, but not only to preachers.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Prepared by Grace, for Grace: The Puritans on God’s Way of Leading Sinners to Christ. To get started finding Prepared by Grace, for Grace: The Puritans on God’s Way of Leading Sinners to Christ, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Prepared by Grace, for Grace: The Puritans on God’s Way of Leading Sinners to Christ

Prepared by Grace, for Grace: The Puritans on God’s Way of Leading Sinners to Christ

More Books

The Works of Jacobus Arminius Volume 3 - A Friendly Discussion

The Works of Jacobus Arminius Volume 3 - A Friendly Discussion

The Works of James Arminius (1560-1609) (Complete)

The Works of James Arminius (1560-1609) (Complete)

Catalogue

Catalogue

Selected Spiritual Writings of Anne Dutton: Letters

Selected Spiritual Writings of Anne Dutton: Letters

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary, prepared under the superintendence of William Dwight Whitney; rev. & enl. under the superintendence of Benjamin E. Smith

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary, prepared under the superintendence of William Dwight Whitney; rev. & enl. under the superintendence of Benjamin E. Smith

Calendar

Calendar

Not Ready for Mom Jeans

Not Ready for Mom Jeans

The Works of James Arminius ...

The Works of James Arminius ...

The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 53

The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 53