Samuel Wales

Samuel Wales (1683–1746) was a Congregationalist minister and theologian whose sermonic works, including *The Dangers of Our National Prosperity*, articulated a distinctive Puritan critique of material abundance and its spiritual consequences during the early eighteenth-century American colonies. His theological writings emphasized the tension between economic prosperity and moral virtue, contributing significantly to the development of American Protestant thought on wealth and social responsibility. Wales's legacy reflects the broader Puritan intellectual tradition's engagement with questions of providence, national covenant, and the ethical dimensions of colonial expansion.