Melville Divinity Hall
PH802 · 3 credits · Doctoral

Puritan Biographies

Syllabus

Lectures and readings in English.

  1. 1. Reading Read and provide chapter summaries:

  2. 2. Lectures Listen, outline, and take notes on the following lectures:

    • Samuel Rutherford Phil Arthur 59 min Open source History Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Phil Arthur (subscription not established).
    • Samuel Rutherford Robert McCollum 1 h 10 min Open source History Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Robert McCollum (subscription not established).
    • John Flavel Dr. Sinclair Ferguson 60 min Open source History
    • Richard Sibbes Chris Richards 46 min Open source History Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Chris Richards (subscription not established).
    • The Reformation: Later Reformation I (Lecture 32) Dr. Carl Trueman 52 min Broken link History
    • Richard Baxter Ian Murray 1 h 19 min Open source History
    • Richard Baxter and John Owen Don Fortson 36 min Broken link History
    • Life of John Owen 1 and 2 Dr. Sinclair Ferguson 1 h 42 min Open source History
    • John Owen Robert Oliver 59 min Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3 Open source History Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Robert Oliver (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).
    • Life and Character of John Owen 1, 2, and 3 Jeremy Walker 2 h 28 min History Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Jeremy Walker (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).
    • John Owen: The Man and His Time Dr. Carl Trueman 41 min Open source History
    • John Bunyan Andrew Davies 54 min Open source History Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Andrew Davies (subscription not established).
    • John Bunyan Dr. Matthew McMahon 42 min Open source History Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Matthew McMahon (subscription not established).
    • John Bunyan Geoff Thomas 50 min Open source History Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Geoff Thomas (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).
    • Philip Doddridge Alan Clifford 1 h 26 min Open source History Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Alan Clifford (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).
    • Thomas Boston: Preacher of Christ William VanDoodewaard 63 min Open source History Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): William VanDoodewaard (subscription not established).
    • William Perkins Dr. Joseph Pipa 66 min Open source History
    • William Perkins Dr. Matthew McMahon 52 min Open source History Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Matthew McMahon (subscription not established).
    • Thomas Goodwin Dr. Matthew McMahon 48 min Open source History Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Matthew McMahon (subscription not established).
    • Thomas Manton Dr. Matthew McMahon 31 min Open source History Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Matthew McMahon (subscription not established).

    Total: TOTAL LECTURES: 21 hours; TOTAL PAGES: 1,633

  3. 3. Assignment Write a 40 page paper serving as a brief biography of one of the Puritans treated in the above lectures or readings.

    Open the assignment

Every lecture and reading carries its role. "Under review" means the teacher's subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms of Unity is not yet established; "Read as comparison" means the material teaches the 1788 American text of WCF 20.4, 23 or 31 or of Larger Catechism Q.109, which the school reads beside the 1647 text. Nothing has been removed.