Puritan Sermons 1659–1689 in Six Volumes, vol. 3
Overview
The Puritans are remembered for their vast expository on the Bible, their simplification of doctrine and worship, and their passionate preaching. This remarkable collection of classical sermons consists of practical as well as doctrinal discourses, preached by some of the most renowned Puritan ministers of the seventeenth century. Published between 1659 and 1689, over seventy preachers contributed to these historically important volumes, including such luminaries as Thomas Manton, Richard Baxter, John Howe,Mathew Poole,and John Owen. This extraordinary anthology is packed with solid Scriptural exegesis and profound spiritual insight.
Filled with the devotional spirit and energy that Puritan sermons were notorious for, the Puritan Sermons is a window into the English Reformation of the seventeenth century. Advocating their autonomy from Rome, these preachers were among the powerful political force that left the Church of England and condemned the practices of the Catholic Church. Although some of these sermons exude the contentious politics of the day, the sermons contained in these volumes symbolize the powerful and historically significant impact the Puritans had on Christianity and biblical exegesis. This volume contains over twenty-five distinguished sermons, and with Logos Bible Software, all of them are searchable and direct translations from Greek, Hebrew, and Latin are readily available.
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- Detailed index of the authors and the subjects of their sermons
- Comprehensive index of the Scriptures used in each sermon
- Notes and translations by James Nichols
- “How Is the Adherent Vanity of Every Condition Most Effectually Abated by Serious Godliness?” Samuel Annesley
- “How May We Experience In Ourselves, and Evidence to Others, That Serious Godliness Is More Than a Fancy?” Edward Veal
- “How God Is the People’s Great Reward,” Thomas Watson
- “What May Most Hopefully Be Attempted to Allay Animosities Among Protestants, That Our Divisions May Not Be Our Ruin?” John Howe
- “How We Ought to Bewail the Sins of the Places Where We Live?” William Jenkin
- “How a Child of God Is to Keep Himself in the Love of God,” William Cooper
- “What May Gracious Parents Best do for the Conversion of Those Children Whose Wickedness is Occasioned by Their Sinful Severity or Indulgence?” Thomas Lye
- “How Must We Best Cure the Love of Being Flattered?” Henry Hurst
- “By What Means May Ministers Best Win Souls?” Robert Trail
- “How Is the Practical Love of Truth the Best Preservative Against Popery?” John Owen
- “What Are the Best Preservatives Against Melancholy and Overmuch Sorrow?” Richard Baxter
- “How May We Grow In the Knowledge of Christ?” Nathanael Vincent
- “How May Our Belief of God’s Governing the World Support Us in All Worldly Distractions?” Samuel Slater
- “What Are the Hindrances and Helps to a Good Memory in Spiritual Things?” Richard Steele
- “What Are the Signs and Symptoms Whereby We Know That We Love the Children of God?” William Bates
- “What Must We Do to Prevent and Cure Spiritual Pride?” Richard Mayo
- “Wherein is a Middle Worldly Condition Most Eligible?” John Oaks
- “How May We Graciously Improve Those Doctrines and Providences Which transcend Our Understandings?” Stephen Lobb
- “How Ought We to Do Our Duty Toward Others, Though They Do Not Theirs Toward Us?” John Millward
- “How May the Well-Discharge of Our Present Duty Give Us Assurance of Help From God for the Well-Discharge of All Future Duties?” Thomas Cole
- “What Distance Ought We to Keep, In Following the Strange Fashions of Apparel Which Come Up in the Days Wherein We Live,” Vincent Alsop
- “How May Child-Bearing Women Be Most Encouraged and Supported Against, In, And Under the Hazard of Their Travail?” Richard Adams
- “How May We Best Know the Worth of the Soul,” Peter Vinke
- “The Leading of the Holy Spirit Opened; With Some Practical Inquiries Resolved About It,” Thomas Jacombe
- “What Advantage May We Expect From Christ’s Prayer For Union with Himself, and the Blessings Relating to It?” David Clarkson
Top Highlights
“How may we know whether we be led by the Spirit of God” (Page 599)
“And one of the most common causes is sinful impatience, discontents and cares proceeding from a sinful love of some bodily interest, and from a want of sufficient submission to the will of God, and trust in him, and taking heaven for a satisfying portion.” (Page 263)
“Look not on the sinful part of your troubles, either as better or worse than indeed it is.” (Page 268)
“Were nothing overloved, it would have no power to torment us. If ease and health were not overloved, pain and sickness would be the more tolerable. If children and friends were not overloved, the death of them would not overwhelm us with inordinate sorrow.” (Page 264)
“how may child-bearing women be most encouraged and supported against, in, and under the hazard of their travail?” (Page 531)
A most precious set, giving a magnificent cross-section of Puritan theology, at its practical, heart-warming best.
The best compilation of Puritan systematic theology ever written, but unfortunately is often overlooked in Puritan studies.
—Dr. Joel Beeke, Meet the Puritans: With a Guide To Modern Reprints
- Title: Puritan Sermons 1659–1689 in Six Volumes, vol. 3
- Publisher: James Nichols for Thomas Tegg
- Publication Date: 1844
- Pages: 624