The Works of William Perkins, Volume 9

Out of Print

The Works of William Perkins fills a major gap in Reformed and Puritan theology. Though Perkins is best known today for his writings on predestination, he also wrote prolifically on many subjects. His works filled over two thousand large pages of small print in three folio volumes and were reprinted several times in the decades after his death. His complete works, however, have not been in print since the mid-seventeenth century. This modern typeset edition of the Works includes four volumes of Perkins’s expositions of Scripture, three volumes of his doctrinal and polemical treatises, and three volumes of his practical writings.

496 pages

CONTENTS OF VOLUME 9
• A Declaration of the True Manner of Knowing Christ Crucified
• The True Gain: More in Worth than All the Goods in the World
• A Faithful and Plain Exposition upon Zephaniah 2:1–2
• The Nature and Practice of Repentance
• The Combat of the Flesh and Spirit
• A Treatise of Man’s Imaginations
• A Direction for the Government of the Tongue According to God’s Word
• A Discourse of the Damned Art of Witchcraft

“On the broad shoulders of William Perkins, epoch-making pioneer, stood the entire school of seventeenth-century Puritan pastors and divines, yet the Puritan reprint industry has steadily bypassed him. Now, however, he begins to reappear, admirably edited, and at last this yawning gap is being filled. Profound thanks to the publisher and heartfelt praise to God have become due.” — J. I. Packer, Board of Governors’ Professor of Theology, Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia

“The list of those influenced by the ministry of William Perkins reads like a veritable Who's Who of the Puritan Brotherhood and far beyond. This reprinting of his works, so long unobtainable except by a few, is therefore a publishing event of the first magnitude.” — Sinclair B. Ferguson, Chancellor’s Professor of Systematic Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary; teaching fellow, Ligonier Ministries

“There was no more important leader in the Puritan movement than William Perkins. To see his works reprinted in a reader-friendly format and with state-of-the-art critical apparatus as a bonus seems too good to be true. This project is a landmark event for both Reformation scholarship and the spiritual edification of Christians.” — Leland Ryken, professor of English emeritus, Wheaton College, and author of Worldly Saints: The Puritans as They Really Were