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John Goodwin was born about 1594 in Norfolk.
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Redemption Redeemed: A Puritan Defense of Unlimited Atonement, Expanded Edition
(John Goodwin (1593-1665), the eminent Puritan Arminian di...)
John Goodwin (1593-1665), the eminent Puritan Arminian divine, was a man ahead of his time who lived in a turbulent and eventful era in which many principals, both theological and governmental, were subjects of controversy. In "Redemption Redeemed," completed in 1650, he provides a superb defense of the Biblical position of unlimited atonement. This work is an adversarial treatise in which he, step by step, examines the overwhelming scriptural and theological evidence that Christ died for all mankind. Goodwin also refutes the opposing Calvinistic arguments of his day and argues that God, through his grace, provides the opportunity for all people to be saved. Some of Goodwin's thoughts on God's foreknowledge, election and decrees are included as well. The Methodist Quarterly Review noted: "Had 'Redemption Redeemed' been his only publication, it should have been enough in itself to perpetuate his (Goodwin's) fame. Its great learning, clear reasoning, sound judgment, and admirable spirit, render it worthy of the study of the lovers of this glorious doctrine, and the name of its author is one which all Arminians should delight to honor. A volume so ably written, and going to the bottom of the controversy, could not in that polemic age fail of creating a storm." In the contemporary period, as Christians enter the 21st Century and Calvinisn with its disturbing implications is making a resurgence, Goodwin's master work is a welcome and much needed contribution to those seeking to understand the truths of God's word.
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John Goodwin
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Goodwin was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he was elected fellow in 1617.
Career
He was vicar of St Stephen's, Coleman Street, London, from 1633 to 1645, when he was ejected by parliament for his attacks on Presbyterianism, especially in his Qeopaxla. (1644). He thereupon established an independent congregation, and put his literary gifts at Oliver Cromwell's service. In 1648 he justified the proceedings of the army against the parliament ("Pride's Purge") in a pamphlet Might and Right Well Met, and in 1649 defended the proceedings against Charles I. At the Restoration this tract, with some that Milton had written to Monk in favour of a republic, was publicly burnt, and Goodwin was ordered into custody, though finally indemnified. Among his writings were Anti-Cavalierisme (1642), a translation of the Stratagemata Satanae of Giacomo Aconcio, the Elizabethan advocate of toleration, tracts against Fifth-Monarchy Men, Cromwell's "Triers" and Baptists, apd Redemption Redeemed, containing a thorough discussion of election, reprobation and the perseverance of the saints (1651, reprinted 1840). Goodwin's strongly Arminian tendencies brought him into conflict with Robert Baillie, professor of divinity of Glasgow, George Kendall, the Calvinist prebendary of Exeter, and John Owen (q. v. ), who replied to Redemption Redeemed in The Doctrine of the Saints' Perseverance, paying a high tribute to his opponent's learning and controversial skill. Goodwin answered all three in the Triumviri (1658).
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Redemption Redeemed: A Puritan Defense of Unlimited Atonement, Expanded Edition
(John Goodwin (1593-1665), the eminent Puritan Arminian di...)
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Redemption Redeemed: A Puritan Defense of Unlimited Atonement, Expanded Edition
