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Quest for Full Assurance, The The Legacy of Calvin and His Successors 395pp, pbk Joel R. Beeke Joel R. Beeke (Ph.D., Westminster Theological Seminary) is pastor of Heritage Netherlands Reformed Congregation in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Professor of Systematic Theology and Homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary.  He is author of several books and is frequently called on to teach at seminaries and speak at Reformed Conferences. List Price:  GBP6.95; Our Price:  S$13.50nett Banner of Truth Trust

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Against the background of the sixteenth-century Reformers (with special attention to Calvin), Beeke examines the theological development of personal assurance of faith in English Puritanism and its parallel movement in the Netherlands, the Dutch Second Reformation.

CONTENTS Table of Contents Abbreviations Preface 1.   Introduction Part One - Assurance Prior to the Westminster Assembly 2.   The Early and Medieval Church 3.   The Reformation from Luther to Bullinger 4.   Reformed Development in Calvin & Beza 5.   The Fathers of English Puritanism and the Dutch Second Reformation Part Two - Assurance from the Westminster Assembly to Alexander Comrie 6.   English Puritanism and the Westminster Confession, Chapter 18 7.   John Owen 8.   Alexander Comrie Part Three - Comparison of English Puritanism & the Dutch 2nd Reformation on Assurance 9.   Thomas Goodwin: The merging of English-Dutch Thinking of Assurance 10. Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index of Names & Subjects Index of Biblical References

"A long-needed and outstanding work on the subject of assurance ... of permanent importance for preachers and students.                                                                                                 Iain H. Murray