The Reign of Grace: From Its Rise To Its Consummation

by Abraham Booth

Publisher:

Wordsearch

, 2008

Overview

In this book, Booth examines the very nature of divine grace and how it operates in every part of our salvation, dealing with its sovereignty in such subjects as our election, calling, adoption, sanctification, perseverance, leading us eventually to eternal glory. He seeks to humble the pride of a man and show that grace, when rightly understood and embraced, leads to a life of love and holiness. A true classic in Calvinistic theology. About the Author Abraham Booth was born in the small Derbyshire village of Blackwell on May 20, 1734. For the first fifteen or sixteen years of his life he assisted his father in the concerns of their farm. His father taught him to read, making it a general practice to hear his lesson every day after dinner. Abraham left the farm when he was sixteen in order to learn the trade of stocking weaving. A group of believers were established in the village of Derbyshire. Abraham Booth first heard the gospel and came to faith in Jesus Christ from these believers. They were paedobaptists at first, but soon adopted Baptist convictions. In 1755, between sixty and seventy of their members were baptized, including Booth, who was twenty-one years old by this time. Soon after his baptism, Booth began to preach at Melbourne, Longborough, Diseworth, and a number of other villages within a radius of about forty miles of his home. He was asked to pastor Kirkby Woodhouse Church and he also established a school at Sutton in Ashfield. It was at this time that Booth had to face one of the greatest crises of his life. Booth changed his views in theological conviction. Meetings were held between Booth and the leaders of his group of churches, many of whom held his ministry in high esteem. No agreement was possible and so Booth had to resign his pastorate. For a short time his preaching stopped. As he soon found out, he was not alone in his doctrinal convictions. Some of his friends wanted to continue under his ministry, and so a hall was rented and licensed in Sutton in Ashfield. There a Particular Baptist Church was established. Booth expounded his doctrine to this congregation in a series of sermons, which later became the basis of his book, The Reign of Grace. This series of sermons was soon repeated in pulpits in the towns of Nottingham and Chesterfield as Booth began to be invited to preach. A number of friends urged him to publish the sermons. Booth had an extreme workload during the week. He kept his school to support his growing family during the days of the week and on the Lord’s Day, he usually preached as many as three times. Continuing to be urged by many friends to publish his sermons on his reformed doctrine, he eventually wrote out a manuscript but only used, at first, for private circulation. The publication of such seemed very obscure for a country pastor, a pastor who was relatively unknown, even among the Particular Baptist Churches. Henry Venn, the Evangelical vicar of Huddersfield soon heard about the manuscript and became so enthusiastic about it that he rode over to Booth’s home to meet the author. Venn soon insisted that the book be published, and it was. Booth was taken ill suddenly in September 1805. Booth administered the Lord’s Supper for the last time in January 1806, just a few days before his death on the 27th of that month. He was buried in the burial ground of the Maze Pond Chapel in Southward.

Product Details

• Title: The Reign of Grace: From Its Rise To Its Consummation
• Author: Abraham Booth
• Publisher: Wordsearch
• Print Publication Date: 2008
• Logos Release Date: 2020
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subject: Theology
• Resource ID: LLS:WS_4270AA5DE74B414983ADA6D2E953A8E8
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2021-10-12T20:21:46Z

About Abraham Booth

Abraham Booth (1734–1806) was an English Baptist theologian and pastor. He was baptized in an Arminian Baptist congregation but was later convinced of the doctrines of grace; he published his findings and experience in The Reign of Grace. He also helped found Stepney College.