A Treatise on Afflictions

by Thomas Case

Publisher:

Digital Puritan Press

, 2011

Overview

In A Treatise on Afflictions, Thomas Case (1598–1682) generously applies a soothing salve to the wounds of God’s suffering saints. He begins by compassionately illustrating twenty lessons God teaches his children in affliction. He then proceeds to show the advantages wrought by affliction in the lives of languishing believers. He shows why deliverance from suffering should not necessarily be the believer’s primary goal when dark days come, and explains why suffering may sometimes seem to last longer than it should. The author shows from Scripture how affliction and instruction go hand-in-hand in the life of the child of God.

This work rings true to the suffering reader because it was written while the author was imprisoned in the Tower of London alongside Thomas Watson, Christopher Love (who was beheaded), and others.

Originally titled Correction, Instruction or The Rod and the Word, this classic treatise has been carefully prepared for the benefit of a new generation of Christian readers.

Key Features

• Illustrates twenty lessons God teaches his children in affliction
• Shows the advantages wrought by affliction in the lives of languishing believers
• Explains why deliverance from suffering should not necessarily be the believer’s primary goal when dark days come

Contents

• 1. What Lessons God Teaches by Affliction
• 2. The Nature or Properties of Divine Teaching
• 3. How Affliction Lieth in Order to Instruction
• 4. The Grounds and Demonstrations of the Point
• 5. Use of Information
• 6. Use of Exhortation

Product Details

• Title: A Treatise on Afflictions
• Author: Thomas Case
• Publisher: Digital Puritan Press
• Print Publication Date: 2011
• Pages: 150
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9781466499614, 1466499613
• Resource ID: LLS:TRTSFFLCTNS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-06-24T16:19:28Z

About Thomas Case

Thomas Case was born in 1598. He attended Canterbury and Merchant Taylors' School and graduated with a M. A. in 1623. Case held various positions throughout his life. In 1635 he was a preacher at Manchester and Salford, gave lectures throughout London from 1641–42 and was an intruded rector from 1645–46. On May 2nd, 1651, Case, along with William Blackmore, Roger Drake, Matthew Haviland, Arthur Jackson, William Jenkyn, Christopher Love, Ralph Robinson, and Thomas Watson were thrown in jail for knowing about the plan to recall Charles II. Case was a part of the Savoy conference in 1661, but was ejected due to nonconformity in 1662. Case died in 1682.