Thomas Goodwin (1600–1680) was a Puritan clergyman from Norfolk, England, who served as chaplain to Oliver Cromwell. An important figure in church history, he helped draft the Westminster Confession of Faith and wrote several volumes, including his most famous, The Heart of Christ in Heaven, Towards Sinners on Earth. He graduated from Christ’s College, Cambridge, and served as vicar of Trinity Church. In 1650, he was appointed by Parliament as president of Magdalen College, Oxford.