A valuable deal indeed! I just came across a reference to him yesterday in a book I am presently reading called "The Precisianist Strain: Disciplinary Religion and Antinomian Backlash in Puritanism to 1638" by TD Bozeman. The author cites this book as a classic example of "disciplinary religion" (aka classic Puritanism!).
I must admit though, as our brother points out above, I cannot help but think of the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" every time I see his name
