[Foreword] He has not only given us the first essay of its size to appear originally in English on the subject of Ames and his work but he has also reproduced for us a volume which more clearly and systematically ,I think, than any other sets forth the gist of Puritan though about God, the church, and the world.

[Preface] With a sense of privilege I record my gratitude to the Houghton Reading Room of the Harvard College Library, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale University, the Williams College Library, and the Folger Shakespeare Library of Washington, D. C.

It comes from the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God. with the gift of the Holy Spirit which is with all those who love the law of God. Amen