Living Blessedly Forever

I started to research this book, in early 2005. Seven years later, it has made it into print. Many thanks to Jay Collier at Reformation Heritage Books!

The book begins with a brief account of William Perkins’s life and ministry. It then considers several factors that shaped Perkins’s interpretation and application of Christ's Sermon on the Mount. It then examines Perkins’s exposition of Matthew 5–7, identifying six marks of godliness: blessedness, repentance, righteousness, sincerity, contentment, and faithfulness. It concludes with a challenge to join practice with knowledge of the word of Christ.

“One of the great puzzles of church history is the church’s failure to keep in print the works of William Perkins. Why, when so many of the Puritan writers were reprinted in the nineteenth century, was Perkins, the prince of the Puritans, passed by? In his own day he topped the best seller list of English theological/practical writers. In our day, this problem is slowly (very slowly) being remedied. For this reason, I am thankful for Stephen Yuille’s exposition of Perkins’s commentary on the Sermon on the Mount. Yuille’s work is a clear presentation of Perkins and written with the same goal as Perkins, that men and women may live blessedly forever. I enthusiastically commend this book to one who wants to get better insight into Perkins, as well to all who desire a practical exposition of Christ’s most famous sermon.” — Joseph A. Pipa Jr., President of Greenville Presbyterian Seminary, Greenville, South Carolina

Quotable: "[Theology] is the science of living blessedly forever" (William Perkins).