The Works of the Rev. John Howe, vol. 1
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Overview
The Works of the Reverend John Howe is essential for any serious student of Puritan thinking and those interested in learning more about the spiritual legacy of the Puritans. Howe was a respected, faithful minister and Christian thinker, who was known for his day-long church services. During the Act of Uniformity, in which religious freedom was prohibited, Howe gave up his church and became a chaplain under Oliver Cromwell.
Howe wrote extensively on doctrines of the Trinity, predestination, and community of believers, in addition to leading discussion groups of clergyman on matters of doctrine. His writings continue to inspire Christians today to lead holy lives, inspired by a right knowledge of God.
Works included:
- A Brief Memoir of the Reverend John Howe
- The Living Temple
- Self–Dedication
- Yield Yourselves to God
- Enmity and Reconciliation Between God and Man
- Man’s Creation in a Holy But Mutable State
- On Delighting in God
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- Readable, encouraging writing from influential Puritan theologian
- Howe’s works, including letters and sermons
- Short biography of the author
Top Highlights
“The ‘carnal mind,’ which is ‘enmity against God, is neither subject to him nor can be,’ had remained in full power; there had never been any stooping or yielding on man’s part. And there had remained, besides, all manner of impurities: fleshly lusts had retained the throne; the soul of man had continued a cage of every noisome and hateful thing, the most unfit in all the world to have been the temple of the holy, blessed God.” (Page 339)
“The wrong that man had done to the Divine Majesty should be expiated by none but man, and could be by none but God. Behold then the wonderful conjunction of both in the one Immanuel!” (Page 231)
“We are confined and limited within a particular essence; but God, who is what he is, comprehendeth all possible essences.’” (Page 92)
“For it is pleasant to contemplate him, even most absolutely considered, as the most excellent Being, when we behold his glorious excellencies in themselves; that is (not with the denial, but) without the actual present consideration of any advantage that may redound to us from them; as we are apt to find ourselves pleased and gratified in viewing an excellent object (suppose a stately edifice, or beautiful flower), from which we expect no other benefit.” (Page 481)
“God is not otherwise to be enjoyed than as he is obeyed; nor indeed are the notions of him, as a Lord to be obeyed, and as a Good to be enjoyed, entirely distinct; but are interwoven and do run into one another.” (Pages 482–483)
- Title: The Works of the Rev. John Howe, vol. 1
- Author: John Howe
- Publisher: William Tegg and Co.
- Publication Date: 1848
- Pages: 970
John Howe was born in 1630, the son of a British clergyman. He was educated at Cambridge and Magdalen College, and became a Puritan minister. Famous for day–long church services, Howe gave up his church when the Act of Uniformity was passed in 1662. Before the Declaration of Indulgence in 1687 by James II, allowing religious freedom, Howe was a chaplain, as well as a private pastor. In 1687, he returned to his church in London, where he served till his death in 1705.
