Trading and Thriving in Godliness: The Piety of George Swinnock

J. Stephen Yule, ed.

Series: Profiles in Reformed Spirituality
Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books
Publish Date: 2008
Cover Type: Paperback
Pages: 235
ISBN: 9781601780416

George Swinnock (1627–1673) was a gifted English Puritan, known for his vivid illustrations of biblical truth. In “Trading and Thriving in Godliness”, J. Stephen Yuille highlights Swinnock’s conviction that godliness is the primary employment of every Christian. Yuille’s introductory essay analyzes the influences on, groundwork for, and expressions of piety in Swinnock’s life and thought. The book also contains fifty selections from Swinnock’s writings, exemplify his teaching on the foundation, door, value, pursuit, nature, means, and motives to godliness.