The Wisdom of Proverbs, Job and Ecclesiastes: An Introduction to Wisdom Literature cover_type:Paperback Ames shows Puritanism to be

Ames shows Puritanism to be an eminently practical religion that stresses individual experience and feeling

and confused on a host of practical issues of both Christian worship and Christian living

In his drudgery-filled life

The original manuscripts

Every generation opens the Psalms for inspiration

The Wisdom of Proverbs, Job and Ecclesiastes: An Introduction to Wisdom Literature cover_type:Paperback Ames shows Puritanism to bePublisher's Description "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." In the Wisdom literature of the Bible we first hear the cool voice of a teacher calling us to think to think hard and humbly. "How long will fools hate knowledge?" cries Wisdom in the book of Proverbs. Then in Job comes the anguished voice of the questioner, earnest enough to seek answers, honest enough to doubt easy ones. In Ecclesiastes the chastened tone of the Preacher