Trading and Thriving in Godliness: The Piety of George Swinnock (Profiles in Reformed Spirituality)

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.