Contemplations on the Sufferings, Death and Resurrection of Christ.

by Augustus Toplady

116 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1976

Reviews

[David Dunlap · Rating 4 out of 5]

Splendid series of meditations on Jesus' sufferings, death, and resurrection -- and ours -- interspersed with a number of poems, some of which do not seem to have been original from Toplady, but copied from other sources. (It would have been helpful to have an editorial hand indicate which were which.) The book concludes with a series of some 144 'sterling sentiments.' -- Toplady posits, to provide but one example, that the crown of thorns placed on our Lord's brown was composed of nails, not thorns from plants. -- Much food for thought in this slim volume! I suspect I will be returning to it again...and again.

[Matthew Scott · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very pleasant and informative commentary on the doctrines surrounding the passion of Christ and the resurrection from a now-extinct form of Anglican, which I would describe as, “Reformed Anglican with Particular Baptist sympathies.”

It was especially novel to hear someone who holds to very orthodox Calvinism speaking of “natural law” and “the essence of the body”. Doctrines which, while not denied by Reformed Christians today, are rarely talked about.

Despite some awkward phrasing, I found the writing very engaging and interesting.