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Henry’s seven years at Worthenbury yielded numerous conversions.  His ministry was earnest and loving.  His son Matthew Henry wrote, “He adapted his method and style to the capacities of his hearers, fetching his similitude for illustration from those things which were familiar to them.  He did not shoot the arrows of the word over their heads in high notions, or the flourishes of affected rhetoric; nor under their feet by blunt and homely expressions; but to their hearts in close and lively applications.  His delivery was very graceful and agreeable, neither noisy and precipitate on the one hand, nor dull and slow on the other.  His doctrine dropped as the dew, and distilled as the soaking rain, and came with a charming, pleasing power, such as many bore witness to, that have wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth.”

Quote taken from Christ All in All by Philip Henry: 

What doth the world get, what do particular creatures get, by the rising of the sun in the firmament every day?  I answer, six things light – life – heat – healing – furtherance in growth – and furtherance in fruitfulness.  So do the souls of true believers, by the rising of Jesus Christ, the Sun of righteousness, on them; every day they get spiritual light and life; and, therefore, if ye ask what kind of Sun Christ is, and what are his properties as such, I answer, He is an enlightening, enlivening, heating, healing Sun, furthering our growth – and our fruitfulness.

Frederick III loved studying the Word of God.  Through the providential work of God, he became a very important ruler in Heidelberg, Germany.  Most of the people belonged to the Roman Catholic Church and just accepted what the leaders taught them.  The reformation of doctrine through the work of Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Ulrich Zwingli brought many good changes, but there was still a lot of unrest and strife.

Frederick desperately wanted to bring peace in his land and to teach the people in a simple way what the Bible really said.  Discover in this book how God used three godly men from different countries to make this possible.

THROUGH THIS STORY CHILDREN WILL LEARN:

• What the Heidelberg Catechism is and why it was written.
• The providence of God in the lives of people to advance the gospel.
• The importance of the truth of God’s Word in the Bible.
• How God uses many difficult circumstances and sorrows to prepare us for His work.
• How godly leadership can influence many people, even nations.
• The blessing of working together as God’s people.
• Where to find the only true and lasting comfort and help.
• The encouragement found in history.

DESCRIPTION:

Written in plain language easy enough for young children to understand, this beautifully illustrated hardcover book will whet their appetites to learn more about God‘s Word and boldly live for the single purpose of glorifying His name through all of life’s ups and downs.  Evan Hughes has done a wonderful job of creating a visual telling of the story through his colorful and well thought out illustrations. 

The Heidelberg Catechism: A Study Guide by G.I Williamson would be a good resource to study with your family after reading A Quest for Comfort.

Review by Tunize Bezuidenhout
Augustine Bookroom
South Africa

Information was sourced from MEET THE PURITANS, by Joel R. Beeke & Randall J. Pederson.  This encyclopedic resource is a Reformation Heritage Books publication, and provides biographical sketches of all the major Puritans as well as bibliographic summaries of their writings and work. Meet the Puritans is an important addition to the library of the layman, pastor, student and scholar.

RICHES INCREASED BY GIVING Retail Price $16.00 Your Price: $10.00 (You save $6.00) Author: Gouge, Thomas Publisher: Sprinkle Publications Pages: 234 Binding: Hardcover, Red Cloth	Thomas Gouge (son of William Gouge): Quote: “It is fabled of Midas, that whatsoever he touched was turned into gold.  But it is no fable or imagination, that the hand of charity can do it, can extract grace out of your goods, righteousness out of riches, and heaven out of earth.”Did  you know? Gouge’s twenty-four-year ministry at St. Sepulchre’s was greatly blessed.  He was known for his faithful attendance of the sick and his generosity to the poor, distributing alms among them once a week.  He provided hemp and flax for the unemployed to spin, and even sold their products for them.  Every morning he taught the children of his parish.  Gouge excelled in modesty, humility, cheerfulness, kindness, and charity.
OF DOMESTIC DUTIES Retail Price $50.00 Your Price: $32.00 (You save $18.00) Author: Gouge, William ISBN: 9780979216534 Publisher: Puritan Reprints Pages: 511 Binding: Hardcover	William Gouge: Quote: “Spiritual self-love is that which is supernaturally wrought in man by God’s Spirit: whereby he is both enlightened to discern what is most excellent, and best for him, and also moved to choose the same.” Did you know?  He was called an “arch-Puritan” by some students because of his strict godliness.  He apparently never missed one of the chapel prayer services conducted every morning at 5:30.  He read fifteen Bible chapters daily – five in the morning before chapel, five after dinner, and five before going to bed.  After his sermons on Sunday mornings, he invited poor people from the neighborhood to his house for dinner, after which they would discuss his sermon.
CHRIST’S LAST DISCLOSURE OF HIMSELF. Retail Price $19.00 Your Price: $ 15.00 (You save $4.00) Author: Greenhill, William ISBN: 9781573581042 Publisher:  Soli Deo Gloria Pages:  211 Binding: Hardcover	William Greenhill: Quote: “There is both a false thirst and a true thirst.  The true thirst arises from the sense and feeling of want of moisture throughout the whole man.  This one is natural; the other is accidental.  Accidental thirst is when a man’s stomach has some type of illness in it, and his palate is thrown off.  Then there arises a false thirst, because the illness causes a feeling of drought there.So it is in man’s spiritual thirsting.  A true thirsting arises from a desire for union with the Lord Jesus Christ through a general sense of sin.  The false thirst arises either from apprehensions of wrath, of guilt, of condemnation, and punishment – and so causes the conscience to ache, and thereupon that man desires Christ – or else from the good in the gospel propounded, which tickles his fancy, which is, as it were, the palate or throat of the soul, and thereupon he desires Christ.” Did you know? Greenhill and Jeremiah Burroughs were lecturers in London.  Burroughs lectured at 7a.m. and Greenhill at 3p.m.  Due to their preaching gifts, the two became known respectively as “the morning star” and “ the evening star.”  Greenhill says that books “are more needful than arms; the one defends the body, the other the soul.”
BISHOP HALL’S CONTEMPLATIONS ON THE HISTORICAL PASSAGES OF THE OLS AND NEW TESTAMENT. Price $50.00 Author: Hall, Joseph ISBN: 9781901670912 Publisher: Tentmaker Publications Pages:  602 Binding: Hardcover	Joseph Hall: Quote: “I account this body nothing but a close prison to my soul; and the earth a larger prison to my body. I may not break prison till I be loosed by death; but I will leave it, not unwillingly,when I am loosed.” Did you know? Hall took part in debates at Jesuit College in Brussels on the authenticity of modern miracles.  When his debating skills became too convincing, his patron asked Hall to abstain from further discussions.
THE WAY TO TRUE HAPPINESS Retail Price $33.00 Your Price: $ 24.00 (You save $9.00) Author: Harris, Robert ISBN: 9781573580748 Publisher: Soli Deo Gloria Pages: 460 Binding: Hardcover	Robert Harris: Quote: “Man in this life may have heaven in his heart (faith, love, fear, joy); he may have Christ his Head and Husband betrothed, the Holy Ghost his inhabitant and comfort, God his Father; so therefore in this life he may be blessed.” “The Lord delights in our happiness.  He made us for it.  He calls us to it.  He persuades acceptance, and teaches the way.” Did you know? Harris preached his first sermon at Chipping Campden.  The low ebb of spiritual life there was graphically displayed by the lack of a single Bible at the church.  Finally, after a vain search in surrounding homes, a Bible was located in the parish vicar’s home.  Harris lived a disciplined lifestyle, fearing the face of no man.  After preaching on James 5:12, “Swear not at all,” some Royalist soldiers warned him they would shoot him if he ever preached on that text again.  Undismayed, he did just that the following Sabbath.  When he noticed a soldier preparing his weapon to shoot him, he preached on and completed his sermon without any digression.

Information was sourced from MEET THE PURITANS, by Joel R. Beeke & Randall J. Pederson.  This encyclopedic resource is a Reformation Heritage Books publication, and provides biographical sketches of all the major Puritans as well as bibliographic summaries of their writings and work. Meet the Puritans is an important addition to the library of the layman, pastor, student and scholar.

A SERMON OF REPENTENCE Retail Price $2.099 Your Price: $1.00 (You save $1.00) Author: Dent, Arthur Publisher: Pietan Publications Pages: 38 Binding: Paperback	ARTHUR DENT: Quote: “Better now a great deal to take some pains, to strain ourselves to leave our sins, and to make our heart small for them, than to be condemned  forever, and to cry in the bottom of hell.” Did  you know?  Dent became known as a great preacher, especially in his ability to edify rural congregations.  On his deathbed, he said of the Reformed Faith, “This faith have I preached; this faith have I believed in; this faith I do die in; and this faith would I have sealed with my blood, if God had so thought good; and tell my brethren so.”
REBUKES FOR SIN BY THE FLAMES OF HELL Retail Price $12.95 Your Price: $10.00 (You save $2.95) Author: Doolittle, Thomas ISBN: 9781892838186 Publisher: International Outreach Pages: 105 Binding: Paperback	THOMAS DOOLITTLE: Quote: “Love is the everlasting grace that will continue in use and increase, even when other graces will have ceased. Some graces are particularly suited to our present state of imperfection in this world.  At the present time, we live by faith, repent and mourn for sin, live in hope of the glory which will be revealed, and wait until we possess the mansions above. We patiently wait for all the good that is promised to us, but not yet conferred upon us. However, in the future faith will be turned into sight, hope into enjoyment, desires into gratification, and waiting into possession. When this happens, we will believe no more, hope no more, desire no more, and wait no more.But even then we will continue in love– indeed, we will love more than ever, more abundantly, perfectly, and continually, without pause or alteration. We will love eternally. One reason why love is considered the greatest of the three Christian virtues, is that it will last the longest.  So it is that those who love Christ sincerely here, will love him perfectly hereafter, and be forever blessed in that love. But those who do not love him in this world, cannot love him in the next. For the lack of such love, they shall be accursed forever.” Did you know? Thomas Doolittle heard Richard Baxter preach sermons that were later published as The Saints’ Everlasting Rest.  Those addresses led to his conversion and shortly after he left his work to enter the ministry. Reduced to poverty, he moved to Moorfields with his wife and eight children where he organized a children’s boarding school in his home, called The Pioneer Nonconformist Academy.  In its approximately thirty-five years of operation, the school had a great impact on hundreds of students, including such notables as Matthew Henry, Edmund Calamy, and John Kerr.
UNWAVERING RESOLVE OF JONATHAN EDWARDS Retail Price $16.00 Your Price: $11.00 (You save $4.00) Author: Lawson, Steven ISBN: Publisher: Reformation Trust   Pages: 158 Binding: Hardcover	JONATHAN EDWARDS:  Quotes: “Resolved, that I will live so, as I shall wish I had done when I come to die.” “Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering.” ― Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God Did you know? Edwards’s education and career was greatly influenced by both his godly father and maternal grandfather.  He received his early education in his father’s school where he was nurtured and instructed in Reformed theology and the practice of Puritan piety.  His spiritual life was influenced by his parents, vibrant and intelligent Christians who offered a godly example and nurtured him towards godliness. He was converted after being impacted by the words of 1 Timothy 1:17.  His spiritual life was developed by various testings and difficulties.  Sometimes he agonized over decisions; sometimes he suffered spells of exhaustion, depression, and serious illness; and often he faced problems and challenges in the pastorate as well as in his personal and family life.  As a true Puritan, Edwards sought to discern the message of Providence in every event and to implore spiritually on all that befell him, good or bad.
FACING GRIEF Retail Price $10.00 Your Price: $7.50 (You save $2.50) Author: Flavel, John ISBN: 9781848710696 Publisher: Banner Of Truth Pages:  122 Binding: Paperback	John Flavel: Quote:  “Look off from a dead creature; lift up your eyes to the sovereign, wise, and holy pleasure that ordered this affliction.  Consider who he is, and what you are; yea, pursue this consideration, till you can say, I am now filled with the will of God.”Did you know? Once John Flavel disguised himself as a woman on horseback in order to reach a secret meeting place where he preached and administered baptism.  At another time, when pursued by authorities, he plunged his horse into the sea and managed to escape arrest by swimming through a rocky area to reach Slapton Sands.His preaching was blessed by the Spirit.  Robert Murray M’Cheyne tells about an American immigrant who remembered listening  to Flavel preach in England when he was fifteen years old.  The text was, “If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be anathema maranatha.”  Eighty-five years after hearing Flavel preach on the horror of dying under God’s curse, the Spirit of God effectually converted him at the age of one hundred as he meditated on that sermon.
A HABITUAL SIGHT OF HIM Retail Price $10-.00 Your Price: $7.50 (You save $2.50) Author: Beeke, Joel ISBN: 9781601780676 Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books Pages: 138 Binding: Paperback	Thomas Goodwin: Quote: ““I will come again and receive you unto myself,” says Christ, “that so where I am, you may be also.”  That last part of His speech gives the reason of it and gives his entire affection.  It is as if he had said, “The truth is, I cannot live without you and I shall never be quiet till I have you where I am, that we may never part again; that is the reason of it.  Heaven shall not hold Me, nor My Father’s company, if I do not have you with Me, My heart is so set upon you; and if I have any glory, you shall have part of it.”“Christ tarries only till He has throughout the ages by His intercession prepared every room for each saint, that He may entertain them all at once together and have them all about Him.” Did you know?  When he was only a child Goodwin had a tender conscience.  From the age of six, he had such vivid impressions of the Holy Spirit that he wept for his sin and had “flashes of joy” upon thoughts of the things of God. Goodwin was converted fourteen years later after God brought him to a profound conviction of sin.  One of his friends convinced the group who got together for a good time, to attend a funeral.  God used the message to show Goodwin his dreadful sins, the essential depravity of his heart, his averseness to all spiritual good, and his desperate condition which left him exposed to the wrath of God.

It is not the duty of schools or Sunday school teachers or even ministers to lay the divine foundation of truth. Rather, it is a parent’s privilege before God through the means of family worship. What we teach our God-given children through a dedicated and consistent example of worship will shape their character, teach them wisdom from above, and prepare them to face the challenges and temptations of daily living with grace and trust in God.

Scripture is full of verses that show that God esteems family worship. Deuteronomy 6:6-7 says, “And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shall teach them diligently unto thy children, and shall talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.” Proverbs 22:6 reads, “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Psalm 78:4-8 exclaims: “⁴We will not hide them [truth and ordinances of God, emphasis mine] from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. ⁵For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: ⁶That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children: ⁷That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments: ⁸And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

In his book The Case for Family Worship, Puritan George Hamond examines the biblical bases for family worship through the examples of Abraham, Job, Joshua, Cornelius, and Christ. He states, “Family worship, rightly and religiously performed, is truly the worship of God; for it partakes of the general nature of divine worship, is the same for it with substance, and has all the essentials of it. That it comes to be performed in families is only accidental and a mere circumstance. They, therefore, who will not admit of family worship ought, in reason, to show either that it is not divine worship or that it cannot be performed in families, that the Scriptures may not be read in families, nor God invoked or praised, nor the members of the family be instructed in the knowledge of God, nor be exhorted to live soberly, righteously, and godly. These are the instances in which family worship is to be employed and exercised.”

In his booklet The Duties of Parents, J.C Ryle says: “We live in days where there is a mighty zeal for education in every quarter. We hear of new schools rising on all sides. We are told of new systems, and new books for the young, of every sort and description. And still for all this, the vast majority of children are manifestly not trained in the way they should go, for when they grow up to man’s estate, they do not walk with God. Now how shall we account for this state of things? The plain truth is, the Lord’s commandment in our text [Prov. 22:6] is not regarded; and therefore the Lord’s promise in our text is not fulfilled.” In his booklet he offers helpful hints on the right training of children, and urges his readers as follows: “Be very sure, if you would train children for heaven, these are hints that ought not to be lightly set aside.” He discusses topics such as training your children with all tenderness, affection, and patience; training them with an abiding persuasion on your mind that much depends on you; training them with a knowledge of the Bible; training them to develop a habit of prayer, faith, for obedience; always speaking the truth; always redeeming the time; and always avoiding overindulgence. As parents train their children they should remember continually how God trains His children, the influence of their own example, the power of sin, and the promises of Scripture.

It is never too late to start your family in the delight and discipline of worship. In his book Family Worship, Donald Whitney graciously encourages men in the following way: “Fathers, husbands—if you have been negligent in this duty and great privilege, repent by starting family worship today. Again, you may feel awkward about what to say to your wife or your children about starting, but simply say that God has convicted you of your responsibility to lead in family worship and you want to start at a given time today or tonight. Almost certainly your wife will be thrilled more than you can imagine to hear you say that. Your children may or may not be as enthusiastic, but that does not really matter. The less interested they are, the more your family needs family worship. The Lord will help you. He does not call His Spirit-begotten sons to this task without giving them the power of the Holy Spirit to accomplish it. The same Father who gave you the Gospel and who drew you to Christ will strengthen you by His Spirit to put on this badge of godly manhood.”

Are you unfamiliar with leading family worship and feel unsure of what to do? A helpful book by Joel Beeke, Family Worship, has a chapter dedicated to its implementation. In this short read he offers easy suggestions that will help you establish God-honoring family worship in your homes. These will also help you to avoid two extremes: an idealistic approach that is beyond the reach of even the most God-fearing home, and a minimalist approach that abandons daily family worship because the ideal seems so out of reach. As a God-honoring preacher and loving and caring husband and father with many years of experience in family worship, Beeke provides sound advice on planning the what, where, and when of family worship and lays out practical guidelines for the reading of Scripture, prayer, and singing during family worship.

Family worship is not a dreadful burden laid upon you by our Almighty God. It is a blessing and a privilege. Our heavenly Father gave the best He had for the worst of us. Rest not the neglect of family worship upon your feelings of insecurity or tiredness, rest with your feelings on Christ who is abundantly available to help you and guide you. God is not asking you to give something up; rather, He wants to give you Himself.

According to A. W. Pink the advantages and blessings of family worship are incalculable! First, family worship will prevent much sin. Daily prayer in the home is a blessed means of grace for allaying those unhappy passions to which our common nature is subject. It awes the soul, conveys a sense of God’s majesty and authority, and sets solemn truths before our minds. How can those who neglect the worship of God in their families look for peace and comfort therein? Personal piety in the home is the most influential means, under God, of conveying piety to little ones. Children are largely creatures of imitation, loving to copy what they see in others. Finally, family prayer gains for us the presence and blessing of the Lord. There is a promise of His presence that is peculiarly applicable to this duty: “Where two or three are gathered together in My name—I am there among them”(Matt. 18:20). Many have found in family worship abundantly rich help and communion with God. 

In Family Worship, Whitney suggests eight motivations for family devotions:

1. What better way to evangelize your children daily?
2. What better way to provide a regular time for your children to learn the things of God from you?
3. What better way to provide your children with an ongoing opportunity to ask about the things of God in a comfortable context for such questions?
4. What better way for you to transmit your core beliefs to your children?
5. What better way for your children to see the ongoing spiritual example of their parents?
6. What better way to provide workable, reproducible examples to your children of how to have a distinctively Christian home when they start a home of their own?
7. What better way for getting your family together on a daily basis?
8. Isn’t this what you really want to do? 

In agreement with all these godly authors, we appeal to you not to neglect the goodness of this discipline. Before long you will experience the fruit-bearing, soul-reviving, and mind-altering benefits of family devotions for yourself and your family. Don’t delay. Start today.

A Portrait of Paul

In the Foreword to this book Joel Beeke declares: ‘This is a great book that should serve as required reading in an introductory course on Christian ministry. Every minister should own a copy and read it . . .’ This is high praise for a book, yet I agree with his assessment.

The subtitle alone, (Identifying a true minister of Christ) suggests that it ought also to have as wide a readership among those in the pew. It is this concern, to reach both pastors and people, that makes A Portrait of Paul such valuable reading.

The book’s great strength is that it is an exposition of Colossians 1:24-2:5 In other words this is not the attempt of two young men to put the church to rights by expressing their own opinions about who is fit to occupy the pastoral office. As one of the writers confesses, ‘I fear I cannot readily point to myself as a pattern of genuinely Christlike ministry. But I can point to Christ, and I can point to what there is of Christ in Paul.’ To a remarkable degree this is what the Lord has enabled the authors to do.

The result is a book that ‘pulls no punches’. Yet at the same time it has a remarkable blend of searching application coupled with sound biblical encouragement to press on to higher attainments. At times it makes for uncomfortable reading—it searches, convicts and humbles. But the aim is not to devastate but to encourage fresh resolve and effort to move closer to Paul’s great example.

This book deals with a vital subject, and, with God’s blessing, may be useful in restoring the spiritual health of the church in the West.  If a second edition is required, I hope the publisher will include an Index.

ANDREW SWANSON

Also check out the Portrait of Paul book review by Sola System: Five Solas. One Gospel. No King but Jesus.

“There are many different kinds of books dealing with pastoral ministry from a Reformed perspective.  Some focus more upon pastoral theology; others more on preaching and practical piety; with still others emphasizing everything from Christian counseling to program administration and local community involvement.  While there is, perhaps, a legitimate place for most (if not all) of these kinds of books, few are as indispensable as A Portrait of Paul, since few set forth the pastoral theology of the New Testament with greater balance, accuracy, and unmitigated clarity.”

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Let the children remember, that to have a pious, faithful parent taken away is an unspeakable loss. Your father has done much for your bodies, but we trust more for your soul; never, never forget his prayers and admonitions. Can you, dare you meet him at the bar of Christ in impenitence? Should this be the case, instead of those endearing and parental caresses that you have received from him in this life, he will join with the Judge of all in saying, “Depart!” He will declare what he had done for you, and condemn you. Let your mother experience that tender regard and kind assistance during her short continuance with you, as becomes dutiful, obedient children. Make her heart glad by a holy life, and let your father live daily before her eyes in your pious example.

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