To turn to the works of the [Puritans] is like entering a new world; one’s vision is cleared, one’s thoughts are purged, one’s heart is stirred; one is humbled, instructed, quickened, invigorated, brought low in repentance and raised high in assurance. There is no more salutary experience.[1]
—J. I. Packer
Not many believers seem to read the Puritan reprints that are nowadays happily available. I believe that this neglect impoverishes us grievously, and I would like to see it end.[2]
—J. I. Packer
The daily practice of reading the Puritans can be used of the Lord to accomplish a reformation in one’s soul. . . . The reading and study of the Puritans will serve to critique and exhort our generation perhaps more than any other generation of Christians since the closing of the New Testament canon.
—George Higginbotham, Jr.[3]
[1] J. I. Packer, A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 1990), p. 77.
[2] J. I. Packer, A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 1990), p. 50.
[3] George Higginbotham, Jr. Reading the Puritans (Pottsboro, TX: Self-published, n. d.), p. i.
