780 A Puritan Golden Treasury, Thomas $11.99 $10.79
This book is no ordinary collection of quotations and anthologies, but is a masterful selection by an author who has given many years to his work. The 1500 quotations from a wide range of Puritans have been chosen with great care and arranged under topical headings. They form an ideal introduction to the writings of the great and godly men of the 17th century and are devotional reading of the highest quality. Those who are already familiar with Puritan writings will find this treasury to be a perfect stimulus to further reading.
808 A Sure Guide to Heaven, Alleine, J. $6.99 $6.29
One of the greatest evangelistic books, and a spur to personal evangelism.
569 Acceptable Sacrifice, Bunyan, J. $8.00 $7.20
John Bunyan's words are delivered with compelling conviction as he passionately portrays the beauty of the only sacrifice that is acceptable to God. With carefully crafted words he describes the wonder and majesty of a heart broken before the Lord. The brokenhearted are not forsaken or ignored, for they are “His jewels, His beloved.” This book is a timeless message and must be read by all who desire to enter into the presence of the Lord.
704 All Loves Excelling, Bunyan, J. $6.99 $6.29
All Loves Excelling is a reprint of John Bunyan’s classic treatise on Ephesians 3:18-19, which Bunyan wrote as an aid to Christian growth in the interest of producing those who “sweeten churches and bring glory to God and to religion.”
705 All Things for Good, Watson, T. $8.00 $7.20
First published in 1663 under the title “A Divine Cordial,” based on Romans 8:28, Watson simply but profoundly explains how God does in fact make all things—good and bad things—work together for the good of His people. By far the most useful explanation of Romans 8:28 ever written.
707 Apostasy From the Gospel, Owen, J. $6.99 $6.29
The subject of 'apostasy' - that is, the study of what leads one who has professed faith in Christ to change his mind and return to living for the world of sin, is not on most people's list of pleasant subjects to meditate upon. The idea that one who confesses Christ may in time prove not to be a true Christian is too gloomy a prospect for many in our "positive-thinking" age. But it is a Biblical truth that requires some consideration, for the guarding of our own souls. Owen's work, as usual, is a masterpiece of pentrating discernment to the roots of the matter.
709 Art of Prophesying, Perkins, Wm. $8.00 $7.20
William Perkins (1558-1602) provides basic guidance to help all Christians to read and use the Bible intelligently. He has a particularly powerful message for those who lead God’s people and especially those who preach.
715 Bruised Reed, Sibbes, R. $7.00 $6.30
Richard Sibbes (1577-1635) was renowned for the rich quality of his ministry. The Bruised Reed shows why he was known among his contemporaries as “the sweet dropper.” The title of the book comes from a passage in Isaiah, among the “Servant Songs” which foretell the coming of the promised Messiah and speak of His role as the suffering servant. “A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench; he shall bring forth judgment into truth.” It speaks of Jesus’ ministry being one of gentleness and mercy to sinners. “...by misery he is brought to see sin as the cause it, so that together these, a bruised reed and a smoking flax, make up together the state of a poor, distressed man. This is such an one as our Savior Christ terms ‘poor in spirit’ (Matthew 5:3), who sees his wants, and also sees himself indebted to divine justice, [with] no means of supply from himself” (pg. 3-4). But this bruising is itself a gift of grace, as it is “required before conversion that so the Spirit may make way for himself into the heart by levelling all proud, high thoughts, and that we may understand ourselves to be what we indeed are by nature.”
2156 Christian Love, Binning, H. $6.00 $5.40
In his Treatise of Christian Love, the Scottish Covenanting minister Hugh Binning movingly presents the need for Christians to show by their love for one another that they belong to Christ. Basing his remarks on John 13:35, “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another,” he argues, “This is the badge that Christ left to his disciples: if we cast this away on every disagreement, we disown our Master, and disclaim his token and badge.” Hugh Binning (1627-53) describes the excellence of Christian love, demonstrating its nature from 1 Corinthians 13. He gives strong reasons why Christians should love one another and shows that love is rooted in Christian humility and meekness, after the pattern of Christ Himself.
722 Communion With God, Owen, J. $6.99 $6.29
In 1657, John Owen produced one of his finest devotional treatises, probably the substance of a series of sermons. He examines the Christian’s communion with God as it relates to all three members of the Holy Trinity. He leads us by green pastures and still waters, and lays open the exhaustless springs of the Christian’s hidden life with God. Twenty years after its publication, Of Communion with God provoked the scoffing remarks of a Rational ecclesiastic. In his reply, Owen vindicates himself from the various mystical sentiments that were ascribed to him.
734 Doctrine of Repentance, Watson, T. $8.00 $7.20
In this needful little book, Thomas Watson explains the doctrine of repentance in six particulars which are useful if memorized: Repentance is sight of sin, sorrow for sin, confession of sin, shame for sin, hatred of sin and turning from sin. Among the chapters of the book he discusses the “Nature of Repentance” in two chapters, “Powerful Motives to Repentance” and “The Removing of Impediments to Repentance.” Watson believed the two great graces essential to the believer were faith and repentance. They are hallmarks of his conversion and should be exercised daily. He shows how Christians often just come to “confess” without taking into consideration, or having due meditation on, the complete doctrine of repentance which he shows comprises the other five elements as well if it be true.
2159 Dying Thoughts, Baxter, R. $9.00 $8.10
An exposition of Philippians 1:23 by one of the most outstanding pastors of the golden age of English Puritanism, dealing honestly with the doubts and fears that often assail a Christian facing the prospect of eternity, while also providing much-needed counsel, strength and comfort. A devotional classic.
1511 Glorious Freedom, Sibbes, R. $8.00 $7.20
The original title of this study was “The Excellency of the Gospel Above the Law,” being a comparison of the greater and full revelation of God in the New Covenant. Sibbes joyfully shows us how the Spirit of God produces likeness to Christ and consequent great liberty in those who are members of it. A renowned Puritan shows the transforming liberty which comes from seeing Christ in the gospel. An exposition of 2 Corinthians 3:17-18. This is a book full of affection that will warm your heart and enrich your walk with Jesus Christ.
742 Godliness Through Discipline, Adams, J. $2.21 $1.99
Here is a practical booklet for anyone who wants to become a more godly person. In it Jay Adams shows clearly that, while there is no such thing as instant godliness, genuine and lasting holiness is indeed possible. (pamphlet)
749 Heaven on Earth, Brooks, T. $8.99 $8.09
A beautiful treatise on Christian assurance. The subject of assurance is one of the most important elements in Christian experience. There is no higher privilege than to be a child of God and to know it, for assurance brings joy to worship and prayer and provides strength and boldness to our witness. Correspondingly failure and weakness in all these areas can often be traced back to a lack of assurance in a way that is both biblical and pastoral. “Brooks scatters stars with both his hands,” wrote C.H. Spurgeon. His teaching is clear, thorough and greatly needed in the present spiritual climate. Brooks both explains what true assurance is and guides the reader in how it may be fully experienced.
1243 Justification Vindicated, Traill, R. $6.00 $5.40
Can sinners really be justified before God by faith alone? If so, can they go on to live as they please? Robert Traill suffered persecution, exile and prison for faithfulness to the gospel. He shows here, with rare clarity and grace, that only justification by faith alone shows sinners the way to a holy God, makes them a holy and obedient people, and gives them joyful assurance of acceptance with God.
2162 Learning in Christ's School, Venning, R. $8.00 $7.20
In this unique account of growth in grace, “babes,” “little children,” “young men” and “fathers” are the stages through which the learners in Christ’s school pass on their way to the “academy of heaven.”
2163 Letters of Samuel Rutherford, Rutherford, S. $7.00 $6.30
The seventeenth-century devotional letters of Samuel Rutherford, most of which were written during imprisonment for the sake of the Gospel, are presented for the edification of a new generation of readers.
762 Lifting Up for the Downcast, Bridge, W. $9.00 $8.10
Depression is not unique to our times. To encourage the depressed, Bridge wrote this choice book and filled it with the kind of rich encouragement which our generation too rarely hears. These thirteen sermons on Psalm 42:11, preached at Stepney, London, in the year 1648, are the work of a true physician of souls. In dealing with believers suffering form spiritual depression, Bridge manifests great insight into the causes of the saints’ discouragements, such as great sins, weak grace, failure in duties, want of assurance, temptation, desertion and affliction. A correct diagnosis is more than half the cure, but Bridge does not leave his readers there. He gives directions for applying the remedy. For example in dealing with “great sins” he says, “If you would be truly humbled and not be discouraged; not be discouraged and yet be humbled; then beat and drive up all your sin to your unbelief, and lay the stress and weight of all your sorrow upon that sin.” The general causes of spiritual depression are the same in every age. Downcast Christians of the twenty-first century can find help here as surely as did past generations.
1247 Mortification of Sin, Owen, J. $9.00 $8.10
John Owen was essentially a pastoral theologian, and in his best writings, his pastoral concern and acute doctrinal instinct are inseparable. On the Mortification of Sin, the substance of a series of addresses on Romans 8:13, provides teaching in a vital but neglected aspect of Christianity. Owen takes up many of the questions that occur to every believer in the battle against sin.
770 Mystery of Providence, Flavel, J. $7.99 $7.19
Do we believe that everything in the world and in our own lives down to the minutest detail is ordered by the providence of God? Do we ever take time to observe and meditate on the workings of providence? If not, are we missing much? It should be a delight and pleasure to us to discern how God works all things in the world for His own glory and His people’s good. But it should be an even greater pleasure to observe the particular designs of providence in our own lives. “O what a world of rarities,” says John Flavel, “are to be found in providence...With what profound wisdom, infinite tenderness and incessant vigilance it has managed all that concerns us from first to last.” It was to persuade Christians of the excellency of observing and meditating upon this that Flavel first published his Mystery of Providence in 1678. Since then the work has gone through many editions. Based on the words “God that performeth all things for me” (Ps. 57:2), this work shows us how providence works for us in every state and experience of our lives. The book is richly illustrated from the lives of believers and from the author’s wide reading in church history. There are avenues of spiritual knowledge and experience opened to the Christian in this work which he probably never knew existed.
1532 Prayer, Bunyan, J. $6.99 $6.29
Two works on prayer are here brought together. In Praying in the Spirit Bunyan defines what it means to pray with the spirit and with the understanding, and deals with difficulties in prayer. In The Throne of Grace, he explains how to approach God’s throne in prayer and opens up the blessings God’s people receive from the high-priestly ministry of Jesus Christ. Even in today’s secular world, scholars continue to be fascinated by the influences behind John Bunyan’s famous allegories, The Pilgrim’s Progress and The Holy War. In the pages of this book we discover part of the real secret of Bunyan’s greatness. He was a man whose life was profoundly God-centered, and consequently he was a man of prayer.
Praying in the Spirit, written in 1662 in Bedford jail (where Bunyan was later to have his “immortal dream”) expounds what he calls “the very heart of prayer.” In clear and simple terms he defines what it means to pray with the Spirit and with the understanding, deals with difficulties in prayer, and shows how “the Christian can open his heart to God as a friend.” In The Throne of Grace, Bunyan explains how to approach God’s throne in prayer, and gives rich, practical exposition of the blessings God’s people receive from the high-priestly ministry of Jesus Christ. These brief but invaluable expositions provide a classic study of prayer by one of the most remarkable Christians of all time.
777 Precious Remedies Against Satan, Brooks, T. $8.99 $8.09
Brooks graphically details the satanic devices that tug at our souls. In typical Puritan approach, he exhausts the manifold measures of the evil one, many that, apart from mature reflection, we would not be on guard against. These warnings are helpful, but the bulk of the book provides the precious remedies for facing Satan’s devices. After each device, Brooks develops three to eight remedies. The remedies are beautifully crafted from biblical narratives and doctrines. They are universally fitted for real living. Thomas Brooks’ scriptural treatment of the battle with Satan is a classic contribution for arming us in our conquest of the devil.
783 Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment, Burroughs, J. $9.00 $8.10
We live our lives in a discontented world and it is all too easy for the Christian to share its spirit. This book remedies this spiritual disease in practical biblical ways. “I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content” (Philippians 4:11). This text contains a very timely cordial to revive the drooping spirits of the saints in these times. Our great apostle holds forth experimentally in this Gospel text the very life and soul of all practical divinity. In it we may plainly read his own proficiency in the school of Christ, and what lesson every Christian who would prove the power and growth of godliness in his own soul must necessarily learn from him.
1274 Shorter Catechism Explained from Scripture, Vincent, T. $8.99 $8.09
The shorter catechism has been used for centuries as a teaching basis for an introduction to the doctrines of the Christian faith. This London pastor of the 17th century made extensive use of it to train his young people, and his explanation of the catechism has been an invaluable, classic work, reprinted many times over the centuries.
719 The Christian's Great Interest, Guthrie, Wm. $9.00 $8.10
The only published work of Scottish preacher William Guthrie (1620-1665), also known as “the Puritan’s Puritan,” this is the classic collection of sermons on the mysteries of faith, the evidence of the attention of God on humanity, the harm done by doubt, and other vital issues that plague believers. Returns to print an essential volume of Christian philosophy of the Reformation era.
2417 The Forgiveness of Sin, an exposition of Psalm 130, Owen, J. $7.45 $6.70
Owen’s treatise on Psalm 130 focuses on God’s forgiveness of sin, the heart of the Christian faith. It is probably Owen’s most practical and best readable work for the common reader.
741 The Glory of Christ, Owen, J. $6.99 $6.29
This book is an indispensable volume of notations concerning our maker and redeemer. Not simply on his character, although this makes up a huge portion of his words, but more specifically how that affects his people.
1513 The Godly Man's Picture, Watson, T. $8.00 $7.20
Few preachers in the Puritan era (or any other period of church history) match Thomas Watson for his ability to combine rich spirituality, nourishing doctrine and sane wisdom with fascinating illustrations and pleasant style. Watson’s extant sermons include this marvelous series on the character of the Christian. This work shows how attractive the grace of God is. As his sub-title suggests, Watson works with “a Scripture pencil” in this priceless sketch of the true believer.
2161 The Great Gain of Godliness, Watson, T. $10.00 $9.00
Watson’s exposition of Mal. 3:16-18 in which he aims “to encourage solid piety and confute the atheists of the world, who imagine there is no gain in godliness.” This book has all the hallmarks of Thomas Watson’s other writings: a combination of rich spirituality, nourishing doctrine, and sane practical wisdom coupled with fascinating illustrations and a very pleasant style.
751 The Holy Spirit, Owen, J. $8.99 $8.09
The Holy Spirit deals with the name, nature, personality and operations of the Spirit, and urges the necessity of gospel holiness as distinct from mere human morality. The work is both doctrinal and pastoral in character.
2165 The Lord's Supper, Watson, T. $7.00 $6.30
To Thomas Watson, the Lord’s Supper was a visible sermon, a mirror in which to gaze on the sufferings and death of Christ. “God, to help our faith, does not only give us an audible Word, but a visible sign.” But more than this, the Supper was a time in which to partake of the benefits of Christ’s death by faith, to be fed and cherished by the Lord in his own banqueting house, and to obtain a foretaste of the glory which will be fully realized only in heaven. Watson’s aim was to stimulate greater love to Christ in His people, and to enhance their appreciation of the Supper as a spiritual feast for all believers. His fine exposition shows the rich provision made in the Supper for all who love the Lord, while it also lays bare the emptiness of all mere sacramentalism.
784 The Reformed Pastor, Baxter, R. $8.99 $8.09
Despite the title, this book is equally informative to those in the pulpit and those in the pew. It was penned when Baxter was unable to attend a meeting of ministers, so he wrote this to them. It covers what it means to take heed to ourselves, to the flock, to spiritual things, to church discipline. He prays for unity and peace in the churches, for greater vigor on the part of everyone in expressing our life in Christ. He proves the importance of family worship and catechism, hope in and expectation of success in all our Christian endeavors, due to the mediatorship of Christ and the indwelling guidance of the Spirit. In this book one discovers the heart of the man. For his view was, “you must get to his heart, or else you have done nothing.”
2167 The Secret Key to Heaven, Brooks, T. $10.00 $9.00
“The power of religion and godliness lives, thrives, or dies as closet prayer lives, thrives or dies.” This was the deeply held conviction of Thomas Brooks. A pastor who knew his people well, he feared that many Christians do not understand the “necessity, excellency, and usefulness” of private prayer, and live in “too great a neglect of this indispensable duty.” Focusing on our Lord’s words about closet-prayer in Matthew 6:6, Brooks supplies us with a masterful treatment of a vitally important aspect of the Christian’s life. His aim is intensely practical: “to preserve and keep up the power of religion and godliness both in men’s houses, hearts and lives.”
1522 The Sinfulness of Sin, Venning, R. $9.00 $8.10
Although written three hundred years ago, it remains an oasis of truth in a desert of lies. First published in the aftermath of the Great Plague of London and entitled Sin, The Plague of Plagues, it gives a crystal-clear explanation of what sin is, why it is so serious, and what we need to do about it. Here is serious medicine for a fatal epidemic.
813 True Bounds of Christian Freed, Bolton, S. $8.00 $7.20
A clear, scriptural exposition of the place of the law in the life of the Christian. One of the few works currently available that show the danger of antinomianism, while also avoiding legalism.