The Complete Works of Andrew Fuller. / Volume 4, : Memoirs of the Rev. Samuel Pearce / / ed. by Michael Haykin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2017 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Fuller, Andrew,
• HerausgeberIn: Haykin, Michael,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: The Complete Works of Andrew Fuller ; Volume 4
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XVI, 151 p.)

Clearly modeled on Jonathan Edwards' life of David Brainerd, Andrew Fuller's memoir for his close friend Samuel Pearce was written out of the conviction that telling the stories of the lives of remarkable Christians is a means of grace for the church. This new critical edition of the memoir is based on the 1808 third edition and documents the way that Fuller modified the text after its original printing in 1800. A substantial introduction discusses the evangelical use of biography, sets the memoir in the context of Fuller's literary corpus, and provides an overview of Pearce's life, touching on areas not fully treated by Fuller.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- General editor’s foreword -- Abbreviations -- Editor’s introduction -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Parentage of Mr. Pearce, his conversion, call to the ministry, and settlement at Birmingham -- Chapter 2. His laborious exertions in promoting missions to the heathen, and offering himself to become a missionary -- Chapter 3. His exercises and labours, from the time of his giving up the idea of going abroad to the commencement of his last affliction -- Chapter 4. An account of his last affliction, and the holy and happy exercises of his mind under it -- Chapter 5. General outlines of his character -- Concluding reflections -- Appendix “Character of the Rev. Samuel Pearce” -- Index of Names -- Subject Index