The Digital Puritan - Vol.III, No.2
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Christian Sermons, Christian Life
| Author: | Increase Mather, Matthew Henry, William Perkins | ISBN: | 9781304116246 |
| Publisher: | Digital Puritan Press | Publication: | June 9, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Increase Mather, Matthew Henry, William Perkins |
| ISBN: | 9781304116246 |
| Publisher: | Digital Puritan Press |
| Publication: | June 9, 2013 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
"The Digital Puritan" is a quarterly digest of select Puritan works. The original text is carefully and sparingly modernized to improve the clarity of the work, while retaining its original character. Articles are typically more devotional in nature than academic. Each article has a brief introduction and is embedded with dozens of end-note hyperlinks to Scripture references and other helpful notes. No internet connection is required. This edition contains the following articles:
1. A Faithful Man Described and Rewarded - Increase Mather. The funeral sermon of Puritan Pastor Michael Wigglesworth, based on the text of Revelation 2:10 ("Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life").
2. Spiritual Contentment - Andrew Gray. From Philippians 4:11 ("I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content"), Gray teaches that true satisfaction can only come from intimate communion with God.
3. Christ, the Fountain Opened for Penitent Sinners - Ralph Robinson. Robinson explores the rich metaphor of Christ as a fountain, using Zechariah 13:1 as his text ("In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness").
4. How to Die Well - William Perkins. An excerpt from "A Salve for a Sick Man" which teaches the Christian how to prepare himself to live in a godly manner during times of sickness, and at the approach of death. Based on Ecclesiastes 7:1 ("The day of death is better than the day that one is born").
5. The Pleasantness of a Religious Life - Matthew Henry. The first chapter of the larger work of the same name, this article shows the true joy of the Christian life, and begins to reveal the hollow nature of the pleasures of this world. Based on Proverbs 3:17 ("Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace").
6. The Puritans in Verse: "A Short Discourse on Eternity" - Michael Wigglesworth. Immensely popular in the American colonies, Wigglesworth's poetry was memorized by schoolchildren alongside their catechisms.
"The Digital Puritan" is a quarterly digest of select Puritan works. The original text is carefully and sparingly modernized to improve the clarity of the work, while retaining its original character. Articles are typically more devotional in nature than academic. Each article has a brief introduction and is embedded with dozens of end-note hyperlinks to Scripture references and other helpful notes. No internet connection is required. This edition contains the following articles:
1. A Faithful Man Described and Rewarded - Increase Mather. The funeral sermon of Puritan Pastor Michael Wigglesworth, based on the text of Revelation 2:10 ("Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life").
2. Spiritual Contentment - Andrew Gray. From Philippians 4:11 ("I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content"), Gray teaches that true satisfaction can only come from intimate communion with God.
3. Christ, the Fountain Opened for Penitent Sinners - Ralph Robinson. Robinson explores the rich metaphor of Christ as a fountain, using Zechariah 13:1 as his text ("In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness").
4. How to Die Well - William Perkins. An excerpt from "A Salve for a Sick Man" which teaches the Christian how to prepare himself to live in a godly manner during times of sickness, and at the approach of death. Based on Ecclesiastes 7:1 ("The day of death is better than the day that one is born").
5. The Pleasantness of a Religious Life - Matthew Henry. The first chapter of the larger work of the same name, this article shows the true joy of the Christian life, and begins to reveal the hollow nature of the pleasures of this world. Based on Proverbs 3:17 ("Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace").
6. The Puritans in Verse: "A Short Discourse on Eternity" - Michael Wigglesworth. Immensely popular in the American colonies, Wigglesworth's poetry was memorized by schoolchildren alongside their catechisms.
