The happines of enjoying and making a true and speedy use of Christ setting forth, first, the fulnes of Christ, secondly, the danger of neglecting ... the Lord Jesus the soules last refuge

by Alexander Grosse

Book by Grosse, Alexander

128 pages, Paperback

First published August 20, 2015

Reviews

[MatthewMiller · Rating 3 out of 5]

Alexander Grosse was a Puritan Presbyterian pastor of the 1600s. The book, in the author’s words, seeks to “ravish your souls with the apprehension of Christ’s beauties, to fill you more and more with Christ’s fullness.” His launch pad for this theme is through the verses of Colossians 2:9-10. He seeks to show you the fullness of Christ and emptiness of sin and even good things that would compete with the preeminence of Christ.
This book was good but not as good as I was hoping it to be. The beginning of the book and the end is the strongest. I found the middle section to be very repetitive; instead of building on his points, Grosse repeated them with different words and eloquent phrases. It’s also not a book you can read for hours. I would recommend it but best to read a chapter a day as a warm devotional.

Strengths:

- Christ-centered
- Filled with scripture references
- Short read (130 pages)
- Warming and convicting at times

Weaknesses:

- Repetitive
- General points without going in depth at times
-Not theological rich as I was hoping

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is full of rich devotional thoughts of Christ. Grosse is particularly adept at analogy in describing the believer's union with our Lord Jesus. This said, his style makes him one of the more difficult Puritans to read (and Puritans as a class are difficult enough), as he repeats his similes many times, and it's difficult to track his flow of argument over several readings.