Thomas Goodwin (1600 - 1679), was born in Rollesby, Norfolk and was educated at Cambridge. This English Puritan theologian was a contemporary of Richard Baxter and John Owen was known as 'the Elder'. He was a Preacher of the Council of State; President of Magdalene College, Oxford; Member of the Westminster Assembly of Divines; and chaplain to Oliver Cromwell.

”Though the‘return of prayers’ is mysterious, it is no esoteric activity but at the heart of biblical revelation and the providential operations of God. This book is a sentence by sentence reminder of that great grace.“Tom Nettles(Senior Professor of Historical Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky)”There is much written on the subject of prayer, but very little on answers to prayer. There is pastoral wisdom in this little book, and it is good to see it in simplified form.“Bill James(Principal, London Seminary, London, UK)