A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life, by J. I. Packer / The Sermons of Thomas Watson, by Thomas Watson / The Puritans on Conversion, by Samuel Bolton, Nathaniel Vincent, and Thomas Watson / The Golden Sceptre, by John Preston / Heart Treasure, by Oliver Heywood / The Almost Christian Discovered, by Matthew Mead

A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life, by J. I. Packer. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 1990. 367 pages. Hardcover. $15.95. (Reviewed by the Editor.) Those who like J. I. Packer and those who like the Puritans will like this book. It should sell well. It deserves to. It is a splendid introduction to Puritanism and the leading Puritans. In his characteristically lucid style Packer tells us what Puritanism essentially was and what the Puritans taught and practiced. Packer...