Janet interviewed Joel Beeke, and here's my summary:
William Perkins, considered to be the Father of Puritans.
Problems within puritans:
Richard Baxter, though a puritan, but he was not sound on justification by faith alone.John Eaton was an antinomian.
Recommended books:
Communion with God by John OwenThe Existence and Attributes of God: A Discourse upon the Goodness of God by Stephen Charnock
On sins:
The Doctrine of Repentance by Thomas Watson
Sin, the Plague of Plagues: The Sinfulness of Sin by Ralph Venning
The Evil of Evils (AKA The Exceeding Sinfulness of Sin) by Jeremy Burroughs (powerful on and high sensitivity to evil)
On Christology:
One Hundred and forty-five Expository Sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to John: or, Christ’s Prayer before his Passion explained, and both practically and polemically improved. Folio. pp. 672. Abraham Miller for Thomas Underhill: London, 1656. by Anthony Burgess (on Christ's intercession for us)
The Heart Of Christ In Heaven Towards Sinners On Earth by Thomas Goodwin
On the Book of Job:
An Exposition on the Book of Job by Joseph Caryl
Other puritans to look at:
John Winthrop, John Cotton, Thomas Shepard
Pilgrims = Separatists
John Winthrop was one of the pilgrim gang who never separated from The Church of England.
The age of Puritans basically ended with the death of a John Howe in 1703 (1705?) where Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) became the transition figure between the puritans and Unitarianism.
Standing Out according to Beeke:
Thomas Goodwin's theology is superior to Owen's, Goodwin's works are easy to understand, simple enough for starters.
Anthoy Burgess is Beeke's current favorite.
John Bunyan
Thomas Brooks? (If I have not misheard)
What's missing today:
Experiential theology: Doctrine of grace experienced in the soul.
Of Domestical (Domesticall) Duties by William Gouge