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General Directions For A Comfortable Walking With God
Puritan writings
- GenresTheology
444 pages, Unknown Binding
First published January 1, 1837
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Robert Bolton
149 books10 followersRobert Bolton (1572 – 16 December 1631) was an English clergyman and academic, noted as a preacher.
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October 16, 2021
A very good Christian book from a different era, that speaks so clearly to our troubled generation.
First things first. It is not a easy read. Bolton’s sentences are very long, ever by Puritan standards. So I find myself re-reading and flipping back a page to understand his flow of thought. It requires patience, but it is overall worth it.
I read somewhere that Bolton’s work is a condensed version of what practical Christian living should be, akin to Richard Baxter’s seminal work “Christian Directory”, which is a tome. At slightly less than 450 pages, Bolton covers topics such as marriage, family, meditation, dealing with conscience, etc.
The highlight for me, undoubtedly, was his writings at the end of our spiritual state. It was so pastorally rich, and rooted in theological truth. He reminds us that Christ’s infinite love covers all our finite sins, but “let no stranger to the life of godliness meddle with this.” There is no nonsense of “hyper grace” here. Just the fact that repentant sinners find full mercies in Christ, but unrepentant sinners, or people who do not see themselves as sinful, are precluded from his saving grace until they sees the need.
In all this, Bolton leaves me thinking more about obedience in the Christian life. We are saved by faith for obedience. We are not saved by obedience.
I warmly commend this book to all.
First things first. It is not a easy read. Bolton’s sentences are very long, ever by Puritan standards. So I find myself re-reading and flipping back a page to understand his flow of thought. It requires patience, but it is overall worth it.
I read somewhere that Bolton’s work is a condensed version of what practical Christian living should be, akin to Richard Baxter’s seminal work “Christian Directory”, which is a tome. At slightly less than 450 pages, Bolton covers topics such as marriage, family, meditation, dealing with conscience, etc.
The highlight for me, undoubtedly, was his writings at the end of our spiritual state. It was so pastorally rich, and rooted in theological truth. He reminds us that Christ’s infinite love covers all our finite sins, but “let no stranger to the life of godliness meddle with this.” There is no nonsense of “hyper grace” here. Just the fact that repentant sinners find full mercies in Christ, but unrepentant sinners, or people who do not see themselves as sinful, are precluded from his saving grace until they sees the need.
In all this, Bolton leaves me thinking more about obedience in the Christian life. We are saved by faith for obedience. We are not saved by obedience.
I warmly commend this book to all.
February 20, 2019
An outstanding work of practical divinity.
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