The primary source file for William Gurnall’s epic funeral sermon for the Lady Mary Vere has just been added to that author’s page. Preached on January 10, 1671, this sermon is based upon 1 Corinthians 15:58. Its quarto page size makes it ideal for reading on your favourite tablet. A free PDF download.
The Spring Digest is Out!
The spring edition of The Digital Puritan is now available!
This edition contains the following articles:
- Why Read the Puritans Today? – Dr. Don Kistler gives ten reasons why time spent reading the Puritans is always profitable.
- Private Prayer: A Christian Duty – in which Oliver Heywood expounds upon the necessity of personal prayer time.
- How to Avoid Cherishing a Pet Sin – a treatise by Thomas Brooks that teaches the believer to expose and expunge every rebel lust.
- What Can and Must Persons Do Toward Their Own Conversion? – in which William Greenhill sheds light on a mystery of salvation: it is not of works, yet requires us to act.
- Haman’s Vanity – the sermon that Obadiah Sedgwick preached before the House of Commons just days after the discovery of Edmund Waller’s dastardly plot to bring down Parliament. First re-printing since 1643.
- The Puritans in Verse: A Dialogue of Self-Denial by Richard Baxter.
Now available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple’s iBookstore, Google Play, Kobo, and Lulu.
The Puritans on Meditation
In this short (2-3 minutes) extract, Pastor Joel Beeke explains how the Puritans put meditation into practice. I hope you find it helpful:
The Winter Digest is Out!
Does the cold weather have you shut up inside the house? Good news: the winter quarterly is now available through various e-tailers! So get your favourite e-reader, pour a cup of hot coffee, and settle down at the fireside to enjoy the following articles in this winter 2013-2014 edition:
- The Saint’s Hiding Place in the Evil Day – In which Richard Sibbes explains that though trouble is promised to come into the believer’s life, yet he has a quiet hiding place to retreat into until the storm passes.
- On Christian Cheerfulness and Society – Thomas Watson teaches why Christians have no reason to be of a bitter or dour disposition.
- Look Out of Your Graves Upon the World – Joseph Alleine. A letter written by Alleine from prison, to his friends in Taunton.
- The Glorious Enjoyment of Heavenly Things by Faith – Jeremiah Burroughs’ sunny exposition on Hebrews 11:1, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
- Chastisements For Sin – Samuel Bolton. An extract from his larger work The True Bounds of Christian Freedom, which seeks to answer the question, ‘Are Christians punished for their sins, or does the grace of Christ obviate this?’
- The Puritans in Verse: Christ’s Sermon on the Mount in Verse by John Bunyan.
Now available for Kindle, Nook, Kobo, Google Play (Android devices), in the iBookstore (Apple devices), and as a generic epub (other readers).
Nicholas Byfield’s One Year Bible Reading Plan
Perhaps it is one of your New Year’s Resolutions to read through the Bible in its entirety. If so, you may find the one year Bible reading plan of Puritan Nicholas Byfield (1577-1622) to be helpful. May God richly bless your endeavour to honour him by spending meaningful time in his Word! Download the PDF file here.