Samuel Wakeman

Samuel Wakeman (1604–1684) was an English Nonconformist minister and theologian whose pastoral writings, including *Sound Repentance the Right Way to Escape Deserved Ruin*, exemplified the practical divinity movement of the seventeenth century. Active during the tumultuous period of the English Civil War and Interregnum, Wakeman navigated the shifting religious and political landscape by emphasizing experiential piety and moral reformation as central to Protestant faith. His works contributed significantly to the development of Puritan homiletic tradition, particularly in articulating the relationship between divine grace and human responsibility in the process of spiritual conversion.