Describes the life of the Puritans in New England during the 17th and 18th centuries, including their religion and views on the supernatural, working and home life, health and medicine, what it was like to grow up Puritan, and the legacy they left for future generations.

This scarce three volume set, first published in 1813, contains bibliographical and biographical information on many noted, as well as relatively unknown (but not insignificant), Puritan pastors and authors. Included are such men as Richard Greenham, Henry Smith, William Perkins, Richard Rogers, Henry Ainsworth, John Preston, Robert Bolton, William Ames, Arthur Dent, Richard Sibbes, John Ball, Jeremiah Burroughs, Thomas Hooker, Thomas Shepard, Christopher Love, John Cotton, Obadiah Sedgwick, William Gouge, and Thomas Goodwin. And these are but a sampling of the hundreds of godly men you will find profiled.

Surveys the teachings and beliefs of the Puritans, and calls today's Christians to follow their example of spiritual maturity.