William Guthrie

Broschiertes Buch

The Christian's Great Interest

Beschreibung

We say then, it is a most necessary duty thus to close with Jesus Christ, as the blessed relief appointed for sinners.' All of Guthrie's teaching and pastoral experience were poured into 'The Christian's Great Interest'--his only book. The remarkable fact that it has gone through more than eighty editions and been translated into several languages testifies to its value. This book describes in a clear and attractive style what it means to be a Christian, and how to become one. Preaching on Revelation 22:2, C.H. Spurgeon once said: 'Our Lord Jesus Christ is life from the dead, and life to his own living people. He is All-in-All to them. And by him and by him, alone, must their spiritual life be maintained... Jesus Christ is a Tree of Life and we shall so speak of him in the hope that some may come and pluck of the fruit and eat and live forever.' This too is Guthrie's purpose. In the first part, he looks at how someone is drawn to Christ, what the evidences are of true saving grace, and the difference between a true Christian and a hypocrite. In the second part he describes how to 'close' with Christ, and deals with various objections, difficulties, and doubts.

Autor

William Guthrie, one of the holiest and ablest of the experimental divines of Scotland, was born at Pitforthy, Angus, the seat of his ancestors, in the year 1620. Educated at St Andrews, where he came under the influence of his cousin James Guthrie and the saintly Samuel Rutherford, he was licensed, 'with the high approbation of the Presbytery', in 1642. Two years later he was ordained minister in the newly erected parish of Fenwick, Ayrshire, in 1644, where he ministered until 1664, except for a brief season of service as chaplain to the Scottish army during the civil war that ended in the execution of Charles I. He was providentially preserved throughout the war, and returned to his flock with increased ardour and devotion. During the unhappy division of the Church of Scotland into the parties of Resolutioners and Protesters or Remonstrants, he adhered to the latter, serving as Moderator of the Protester Synod of Glasgow and Ayr in 1654. A few years later c. 1658 he published 'The Christian's Great Interest'. This work has gone through numerous editions, and has been translated into various languages. In the persecution which followed the Restoration of Charles II, Guthrie was preserved in Fenwick until 1664. He was removed from his pulpit on 24th July of that year. His bodily health, never robust, suffered a severe shock on this occasion; he preached no more in the parish; and about two months later retired to his paternal estate at Pitforthy. There he died, full of faith in the glorious gospel he had preached, on the afternoon of Wednesday, the 10th of October, 1665.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Banner of Truth Trust
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 181mm x 121mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 200g
• ISBN-13: 9781800402881
• ISBN-10: 1800402880
• Artikelnr.: 72218585