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John Flavel: Puritan Life and Thought in Stuart England (Cosby)

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Lexington Books
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160
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Hardcover

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A nonconformist, unifier, husband of three deceased wives, victim of religious persecution, and author of what has been collected into six volumes of reprinted Works, John Flavel (c.1630-1691) of Dartmouth, England not only had an immense following during his own lifetime, but deeply influenced those who would set the course as shapers of religion and culture in the generations to follow: Matthew Henry, Increase Mather, John Newton, Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield, William Wilberforce, Archibald Alexander, and Charles Spurgeon.

Flavel’s influence remained strong until the end of the nineteenth century, when—for various reasons presented in this study seek to show—historiographical, philosophical, and Christian literature ceased to recognize his life or thought. It has only been within the last decade that scholarly work has begun to uncover this ‘lost’ Puritan and see him as a significant resource for understanding life and thought in Stuart England as well as the religious life of the early American colonies.

The first book of its kind, John Flavel: Puritan Life and Thought in Stuart England aims to reveal Flavel as both a significant and influential English Puritan as well as present the salient elements of his life and thought.

 

Table of Contents

Part I: The Life of John Flavel

1. John Flavel in His Puritan Context

2. Flavel’s Life, Ministry, and Character

3. Falvel’s Influence: Past and Present

Part II:  The Thought of John Flavel

4. Flavel’s Theological Heritage

5. The Doctrine and Use of Scripture

6. Theology Proper, Creation, and the Fall

7. Covenant Theology, Election, and Soteriology

8. The Law of God and the Christian Life

9. Church, Sacrament, and Eschatology 

 

Author

Brian H. Cosby is pastor of Wayside Presbyterian Church (PCA) on Signal Mountain, Tennessee and adjunct professor of church history at Metro Atlanta Seminary. He is the author of several books and regularly contributes to various journals and magazines.

 

Endorsements

"One honored as an authoritative exponent of puritan practical theology, Flavel has in recent years been overshadowed.  But this solid survey of his life and teaching should put him back on the map where he belongs.  Though he neither soars like Baxter nor sparkles like Watson and is not a stately steamroller like Owen, he comes across as a lucid luminous pastoral theologian with a very cool head and a very warm heart. Brian Cosby's account of him merits thanks from all who value the Puritans at their true worth." - James I. Packer, Regent College

"Brian Cosby's biography of John Flavel is a triumph of scholarship.  Anyone who knows John Flavel only as a name will find this book to be the perfect avenue toward getting to know him fully." - Leland Ryken, Wheaton College

"John Flavel is an important Puritan divine whose work has been unjustly neglected in recent times, although once he was very influential. Brian Cosby has made a fine contribution to the theological world in this book, setting Flavel in his historical context, carefully expounding his theology and pastoral interests, and demonstrating why we should read his works for today." - Robert Letham, Wales Evangelical School of Theology

"In this much needed biography, Brian Cosby is the first to recover the life and legacy of John Flavel. This seminal work is sure to fill a lacuna of research that reveals Flavel's widespread influence in his own time, and also his enduring impact today." - Christian George, Oklahoma Baptist University