The similar phrase 'Worldly Christianity' is one used by Bonhoeffer. It's J Gresham Machen that I want to line up most closely with. See his Christianity and culture here. Having done commentaries on Proverbs (Heavenly Wisdom) and Song of Songs (Heavenly Love), a matching title for Ecclesiastes would be Heavenly Worldliness. For my stance on worldliness, see 3 posts here.

10 godly men buried in Bunhill Fields


1. John Bunyan (1628–1688), author of The Pilgrim's Progress
2. Thomas Doolittle (?1632–1707), nonconformist minister, tutor and author
3. Andrew Gifford (1700–1784), Baptist minister and numismatist
4. John Gill (1697–1771), Baptist pastor, biblical scholar, and Calvinist theologian, author of the Exposition of the Bible and the Body of Divinity
5. Thomas Goodwin (1600–1680), Puritan theologian and preacher
6. William Kiffin (1616–1701), Baptist minister and wool-merchant
7. Hanserd Knollys (1599–1691), Particular Baptist minister
8. John Owen (1616–1683), Puritan divine, theologian, academic administrator and statesman
9. John Rippon (1750–1836), Baptist clergyman, composer of many well known hymns
10. Isaac Watts(1674–1748), hymn writer, educationalist and poet

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