Talk:Edmund Weaver/RobertBolton

Robert Bolton (1572-December 16, 1631) was a puritan preacher and author. He was born in Blackburn, Lancashire and beginning at age 18, he was educated at Lincoln College and then Brasenose College, Oxford University. He was a gifted student and was chosen in 1603 as a fellow of the college. He was not particularly religious, and liked to play cards and go to plays. He cursed a lot and often broke the Sabbath. His associates were  often among the more profane members of the college and he was disdainful of the pious. When he heard the famous puritan preacher William Perkins lecturing, Bolton said he thought Perkins was a "a barren empty fellow".

In his well known book, General directions for a Comfortable Walking with God, Bolton discusses subjects like Idleness, Government of the Tongue, Recreations, Visitations, Sleep, and Marriage.

In The Saints Sure and Perpetual Guide, Bolton argued against separation.

James Darling, founder of the Metropolitan Library in London, England in 1840, wrote:

"He was one of the best scholars of his time, a zealous and successful preacher, and particularly skilled in resolving the doubts of timid Christians. His style is florid and often truly magnificent."

Selected publications

 * The Saints Sure and Perpetual Guide, Robert Bolton, 1634
 * The Carnal Professor: Discovering the Woeful Slavery of a Man Guided By the Flesh - Sermons & Christ Set Forth, Robert Bolton and Thomas Goodwin, originally published 1634, reprinted by Soli Deo Gloria Pubns Morgan, PA, (1997) ISBN 1877611476
 *  The carnall professor. Discovering the wofull slavery of a man guided by the flesh. Distinguishing a true spirituall Christian that walkes close with God, from all formalists in religion, rotten hearted hypocrites, and empty powerlesse professors whatsoever. By that faithfull servant of Christ, Robert Bolton B.D. late preacher in Northampton Shire., Robert Bolton, London : Printed [by Miles Flesher] for R. Dawlman, at the Brazen Serpent in Pauls Church-yard, 1634.
 * General Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God, Robert Bolton, Soli Deo Gloria Publications, Morgan, PA, 1991 (1995 printing) ISBN 1877611263
 * A Discourse About the State of True Happinesse. Delivered in Certaine Sermons in Oxford, and at Pauls Crosse., Robert Bolton, Batchelour in Divinitie, and Minister of Gods Word at Broughton in Northampton Shire. The sixth Edition, corrected and amended, with a Table thereunto annexed. At London, Imprinted by Iohn Legatt, for Edmund Weaver, and are to be sold at his Shop at the great North doore of Pauls Church. 1636.
 * The Saints Self-Enriching Examination, Robert Bolton
 * The Foure Last Things: Death, Judgment, Hell, Heaven, Robert Bolton, 1633, Soli Deo Gloria Pubns Morgan, PA, (1997)   ISBN 1877611891
 * A Treatise on Comforting Afflicted Consciences, Robert Bolton,   Soli Deo Gloria Ministries,  Morgan, PA (1991) ISBN 1877611255
 * A cordial for Christians in the time of affliction'', Robert Bolton, London, 1640
 * Heart Surgery, Robert Bolton, Zoar Publications, ISBN 0904435024