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Heretics within. Anthony Wotton, John Goodwin, and the orthodox divines . By David Parnham . Pp. x + 566. Eastbourne : Sussex Academic Press , 2014. £65. 978 1 84519 632 5
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Heretics within charts the theological controversies surrounding two London Puritan pastors, Anthony Wotton (c.1561-1626) and John Goodwin (c. 1594-1665). The doctrine of justification links these two divines, who both opposed the imputationist consensus of the Reformed tradition. Parnham dubs Goodwin a 'disciple' of Wotton, continuing his master's fight against legalism (an inherent danger of the imputation of forensic righteousness), and antinomianism (an immanent threat among the godly). By fighting on these fronts, Wotton and Goodwin take turns as public enemy number one for the heresy hunter George Walker. Parnham's vivid prose captures the aggression that accompanied these debates as Walker fought off Wotton the 'wolf' and...