Hope (Burroughs)

Author:

Burroughs, Jeremiah

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9798886861938

Publisher:

Soli Deo Gloria

Format:

Paperback

Pages:

160

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Description

In this treatise, Puritan pastor Jeremiah Burroughs carefully describes the peculiar nature of Christian hope and the influence it has on the life of a believer. He argues that every believer is fundamentally a hopeful person by virtue of the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit, and the presence of this hope has a purifying effect on the heart. He then recounts ten reasons, based on the greatness of the object of hope, why hope tends to clean up one’s life. Appended to this book is a sobering exposition of Psalm 17:14, which details the misery of those whose hope is in this world and receive their portion in this life. Weary and worn pilgrims, read this important book on hope and learn to revel in great expectation of the things God has in store.

Contents

The Coherence, the Scope, and the Meaning of the Words
Three Doctrines Raised and a Description of Hope
Hope Is Wrought by the Holy Spirit
The Object of Hope
The Act of Hope
The Ground of Hope
The Saints Are Men of Hope
The Use of the First Doctrine
The Second Doctrine
The Saints of God Have Remaining Sin in Them
Answer to Those Who Live in a Course of Sin
The Saints Purge Themselves from Sin
What the Saints Do When They Purify Themselves
The Saints’ Hope Makes Them Purify Themselves
The Saints Purify Themselves Because Their Hope Usually Cost Them Dearly
The Saints Purify Themselves Because Their Hope Is a Scripture Hope
Four Additional Grounds of the Saints’ Hope
The Application
An Exhortation to Put Away Sin

Appendix: The Misery of Those Who Have Their Portion in This Life

Endorsement

“Here the saints may find proper and sovereign salve for their languishing spirits, for setting their broken bones in a gospel way, by leading them to the Rock that is higher than they, to Jesus Christ. Here you shall find how faith laughs at death, sin, hell, and destruction in the face and how it lives and looks smilingly at the most blustering storms, deadliest confusions, and darkest midnights of desertion that can come upon the storm. You shall here learn how to kill your fears and doubts so that they may never outgrow your faith again.”
—John Yates (ca. 1591–1657), teaching fellow at Emmanuel College and minister of St. Andrews Congregation in Norwich

About the Editor

Dr. Don Kistler, founder of the Northampton Press, was born in California in 1949, the second of five sons of Jack and Faye Kistler. He grew up on a dairy farm in Central California and graduated from Azusa Pacific College in Southern California in 1971 with a double major in public speaking and religion. He holds the M. Div. and D. Min. degrees, and is an ordained minister.

About the Author

Jeremiah Burroughs (1599–1646) was loved for his preaching and his gentle spirit, yet the government persecuted him because of his nonconformity to the Church of England. Forced to flee to Rotterdam, Holland, for a time, he eventually returned to England and preached to congregations in Stepney and Cripplegate in London, two of the largest in England.