England in a protestant direction, whether they were inclined
to presbyterian, congregational, or separatist forms of church
government.After Hooker's arrival in the New World, the
opponents to the established church of England began to dis-
tinguish themselves in accordance with their preferences for
various forms of church order, and hence in the latter part
of the study, involving Hooker's activities in New England,
Puritan refers to the particular variety of Puritanism and to
the particular theories of church government practiced there.
This is clearly a matter of convenience rather than of defini-
tion, and when obliged to distinguish between varieties of
Puritan in Old and New England, I have referred to them as
presbyterians or nonseparating congregational independents as
the case might be.As I have used the term Puritan, I have had
in mind Alan Simpson's useful study, Puritanism in Old and
New England ( Chicago, Univ. of Chicago Press).

Second, I have for the most part attempted to explicate
Hooker's ideas within the narrative context of his life, but in
two important, lengthy passages analysis has displaced nar-
rative.In the second chapter I have made a detailed study of
Hooker's Poore Doubting Christian Drawne to Christ in order
to reveal the complex machinery of his cure of souls; as I in-
dicate there, concern for the spiritually troubled was central
to Hooker's entire career.In the third chapter I have analyzed
Hooker's concept of preparation for salvation as he preached
it in England; the overwhelming bulk of his published work
deals with this preparationist theology, and it was through
these writings that he gained his reputation and influence in
New England.Chapter Three, in particular, covers ground
already familiar to scholars steeped in the Puritan mind, but
I hope they will discover some new insights there, and new-
comers to the field should be able to find their way through
the thickets of Puritan theology without extensive prior read-
ing.Except for expanded abbreviations, all quotations pre-
serve the original spelling and, unless otherwise noted, the

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