Hi everyone,

I am new here but excited to find you guys! I had a question that I wanted to lob in to Puritan land. Here it is:

what book do you recommend on Puritan eschatology?

from what I have researched, the Puritans seemed to be Amillenial in their eschatology, with a few exceptions. I recently completed a class on eschatology which left me with more questions than answers.

Thanks for your help!

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Keith Gorman
Seminary student / ABA
Garland, TX

A minister may fill his pews, his communion roll, the mouths of the public, but what that minister is on his knees in secret before God Almighty, that he is and no more. ~ JOHN OWEN

Kim Riddelbarger wrote a book on Amil, IIRC. I don't know if it covers the Puritans specifically though.

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Jonathan
Audio Engineer
Reformed Anabaptist
Ohio

Moroni's magical glasses of proper interpretation:

Bahsen's book,

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Joshua Butcher
PCA
College Station, TX

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Rev. Adam King
Minister in the RPCNA
Pastor,Trinity Reformed Church
Wichita, KS

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Ewen
1689 LBCF
Assemblies of God Bible College
Singapore

See also The Eschatology of George Gillespie by Steven Dilday available here Two Essays on the Thought of George Gillespie by Steven Dilday in Christianity (both it and The Puritan Hope come from a postmill perspective).

Oops! When I clicked post, your post hasn't come up yet. Sorry about the duplicate.

An interesting article is "Puritan Millenarianism in Old and New England" by Jeffrey K Jue (of Westminster Seminary) found in the Cambridge Companion to Puritanism (pp.259-276).

Jue has also lectured and written on Puritan eschatology elsewhere. I believe his dissertation was on Joseph Mede (a premil).

Puritan Eschatology

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