The Whole Treatise of the Cases of Conscience

A landmark of Puritan practical theology, this systematic treatise addresses hundreds of cases of conscience across three books: man in himself (sin, salvation, and spiritual comfort), man in relation to God (worship, prayer, sacraments, oaths, and the Sabbath), and man in relation to others (prudence, temperance, justice, and charity). Drawn from Perkins' Holy Day lectures and carefully edited by Thomas Pickering, it gave Reformed Christians principled guidance for navigating the moral complexities of everyday life.