A Quest for Godliness
A Quest for
Godliness
The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life
J.I. PACKER
CROSSWAY BOOKS•WHEATON, ILLINOIS
A DIVISION OF GOOD NEWS PUBLISHERS
A Quest for Godliness
Copyright 1990 by J.I. Packer
Published by Crossway Books
a division of Good News Publishers
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First U.S. edition 1990 (Crossway Books)
First British edition 1990 (Kingsway Publications Ltd.)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Packer, J.I. (James Innell)
A quest for godliness: the Puritan vision of the Christian life / J.I. Packer—1st U.S. trade pbk. ed.
p. cm
1. Puritans—England. 2. Puritans—New England. 3. Christian life—History—16th Century. 4.Christian Life—History—17th century.
I. Title.
BX9322.P33 1944 285’.9—dc20 94–10535
ISBN 0–89107–819–3
In memory of two friends
John Gywn-Thomas
preacher of grace,
sheperd of souls
and
Raymond Johnston
champion of truth
campaigner for righteousness,
both of whom knew what the Puritans were about and shared their wisdom with me.
He was…[a man foursquare],
immoveable in all times, so they
who in the midst of many opinions
have lost the view of ture religion,
may return to him and there find it.
John Geree,
The Character of
and Old English Puritane,
or Nonconformist