Samuel Torrey

Samuel Torrey (1632–1707) was a Congregationalist minister and theologian whose works exemplified the spiritual concerns of late seventeenth-century New England Puritanism, particularly the anxiety over religious declension and the need for ecclesiastical reform. His published exhortations, including *An Exhortation Unto Reformation* and *A Plea for the Life of Dying Religion*, articulated the jeremiad tradition and called for renewed piety amid what he perceived as the spiritual complacency of his generation. Through his pastoral writings, Torrey contributed significantly to the theological discourse surrounding covenant renewal and the preservation of Puritan orthodoxy during a period of considerable social and religious transition in colonial America.