“Trading and Thriving in Godliness”: The Piety of George Swinnock

George Swinnock was a gifted English Puritan, known for his vivid illustrations of biblical truth. InTrading and Thriving in Godliness, J. Stephen Yuille highlights Swinnock’s conviction that godliness is the primary employment of every Christian. Yuille’s introductory essay analyzes the influences on, groundwork for, and expressions of piety in Swinnock’s life and thought. The book also contains fifty selections from Swinnock’s writings, exemplifying his teaching on the foundation, door, value, pursuit, nature, means, and motives to godliness.