An antidote against distractions, or, An indeavour to serve the church, in the daily case of wandrings in the worship of God by Richard Steele M.A. and minister of the Gospel.

by Richard Steele

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An antidote against distractions, or, An indeavour to serve the church, in the daily case of wandrings in the worship of God by Richard Steele M.A. and minister of the Gospel.
Steele, Richard, 1629-1692.
prelim. p. [16].
[16], 238 p.
London : Printed for Elizabeth Calvert ..., 1667.
McAlpin Coll. / III 544
Wing / S5382
English
Reproduction of the original in the Union Theological Seminary (New York, N. Y.) Library


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264 pages, Paperback

First published February 22, 2012

About the author

Sir Richard Steele was an Irish writer and politician, remembered as co-founder, with his friend Joseph Addison, of the magazine The Spectator.

Reviews

[Ming Chen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good. Classic Puritan stuff. Steele primarily deals with distractions in what he calls "ordinances", like prayer, reading or hearing God's Word, meditation on the Scriptures, and so on. In our age, this advice is particularly pertinent; the man who cannot spends all his time on bite-sized intake of media will hardly be able to listen to his minister. Steele maintains an excellent balance of detailing the evil and frivolity of such sin while pointing the sinner to God's grace. I particularly appreciated the chapter which presented encouragements for those suffering from distractions in ordinances. One of Steele's points, for instance, was that while we are distracted, Christ, who is never distracted, maintains His fervent intercession for us in heaven.

[Josiah Cook · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was unexpectedly the best book I've read this year. It revealed what a heinous sin it is to be distracted in the worship of God, remedies to those distractions, and comforts in those distractions. I will be reading this again and will glance at it often in preparation for private, family, and public worship.