The Works of Thomas Watson (7 vols.)

by Thomas Watson

Publisher:

Reformation Heritage

, 2026

Overview

At long last, the Puritan most often reached for is finally gathered in full.

For generations, Thomas Watson’s works have been beloved, quoted, and reprinted in fragments, yet never collected in a definitive edition. This seven-volume set rectifies that omission, bringing together Watson’s published writings in a uniform, carefully edited, and eminently usable form for the church today.

Watson is that rare combination: simple enough for the newest reader, weighty enough for the seasoned pastor. He is Scripture-saturated without being merely proof-textual, doctrinally exact without turning cold, and relentlessly practical without becoming shallow. He writes in memorable sentences that lodge in the conscience, but always to lead you somewhere: into repentance, faith, holiness, comfort, and communion with the triune God. As Joel Beeke testifies, Watson does not merely inform the mind, he searches the heart, steadies the soul in trial, and repeatedly lifts the eyes to the sufficiency and sweetness of Christ.

This edition is prepared under the editorial leadership of J. Stephen Yuille, with modernized spelling and punctuation, clarified citations, translated phrases, and judicious footnotes that remove needless obstacles without flattening Watson’s voice. The result is Watson, intact and accessible.

Key Features

• Features modernized spelling and punctuation, and clarified citations
• Brings together Watson’s published writings in a uniform, carefully edited, and eminently usable form for the church today

Contents

Volume 1

• Sermons

Volume 2

• A Body of Practical Divinity: The Creed
• The Holy Eucharist: Mystery of the Lord’s Supper
• Sermons

Volume 3

• A Body of Practical Divinity: The Ten Commandments
• Religion Our True Interest

Volume 4

• A Body of Practical Divinity: The Lord’s Prayer
• Sermons

Volume 5

• The Beatitudes
• Sermons

Volume 6

• A Divine Cordial
• Doctrine of Repentance
• The Saint’s Spiritual Delight
• A Christian on the Mount
• The Art of Divine Contentment
• A Plea for the Godly

Volume 7

• The Godly Man’s Picture
• Heaven Taken by Storm
• The Happiness of Drawing
• Near to God
• The Mischief of Sin
• Jerusalem’s Glory

About Thomas Watson

Thomas Watson (1620–1686) was an English vicar, Puritan, and Nonconformist. He received his MA from Emmanuel College in Cambridge. A popular preacher, Watson was rector of St. Stephen’s parish in Walbrook, London for sixteen years, until he was ejected for nonconformity. He continued a private ministry until the Indulgence of 1672, after which he pastored publicly again at Crosby Hall in London until his retirement. He wrote many books, including The Art of Divine Contentment and The Mischief of Sin—but his main work, Body of Divinity: Contained in Sermons upon the Westminster Assembly's Catechism, reflected his passion for preaching with 176 sermons.