Jeremiah Burroughs is one of the most beloved of the seventeenth-century English Puritans. In this important work, Burroughs shows from Scripture the great sin of thinking as the world thinks rather than thinking God's thoughts after Him. Then, realizing that right conduct is the result of right thinking, Burroughs gives us more gems in the two bonus treatises offered here, A Heavenly Conversation and Walking with God.
The Puritans rightly discerned the relationship between a person's doctrine and his or her walk before God and fellow man. May the Lord use these sermons to give us the same kind of discernment in our day. May we learn to think biblically, and then may we begin to act accordingly.
Table of Contents:
A Treatise of Earthly-Mindedness
Foreword by R.C. Sproul
To the Reader
Chapter One: Doctrine: There is a great difference between a wicked man and a godly man. The one minds the earth; the other's conversation is in heaven
Chapter Two: Earthly-Mindedness Discovered in Nine Particulars
Chapter Three: Six Evils of Earthly-Mindedness
Chapter Four: Eight Additional Evils of Earthly-Mindedness
Chapter Five: Five Things may be Wrought in an Earthly-Minded Man
Chapter Six: Seven Reasons of Men's Earthly-Mindedness
Chapter Seven: Eleven Considerations to Take the Hearts of Men off of Earthly-Mindedness
Chapter Eight: Five Directions How to Get Our Hearts Free From Earthly-Mindedness
A Heavenly Conversation
Chapter One: How Far the Examples of Godly Men Should Prevail With Us
Chapter Two: What's to be Done when Examples of Godly Men are Contrary?
Chapter Three: Rebuke of Those that Follow the Example of the Wicked and Reject the Example of the Godly
Chapter Four: Two Doctrines Observed From the Text
Chapter Five: How the Saints are Citizens of Heaven
Chapter Six: How the Saints Have Their Conversation in Heaven
Chapter Seven: The Saints' Trading for Heaven
Chapter Eight: Seven Evidences of Men's Having Their Conversation in Heaven
Chapter Nine: Four Reasons Why the Saints Have Their Conversations in Heaven
Chapter Ten: Use 1: To reprove such as have their conversations in hell
Chapter Eleven: Use 2: To reprove hypocrites
Chapter Twelve: Use 3: Let us not find fault with the strictness of God's ways
Chapter Thirteen: Use 4: Let us not find fault with the strictness of God's ways
Chapter Fourteen: A heavenly conversation is a convincing conversation
Chapter Fifteen: A heavenly conversation is growing
Chapter Sixteen: A heavenly conversation brings much glory to God
Chapter Seventeen: A heavenly conversation brings much glory to the saints
Chapter Eighteen: A heavenly conversation will make suffering easy
Chapter Nineteen: A heavenly conversation brings much joy
Chapter Twenty: A Heavenly Conversation Is Very Safe
Chapter Twenty-One: A Heavenly Conversation Gives Abundant Entrance into Glory
Chapter Twenty-Two: Seven Directions How to Get a Heavenly Conversation
Walking with God
Chapter One: The Text Opened
Chapter Two: Doctrine: 'Tis the excellency of a Christian to walk with God
Chapter Three: How the Soul Is Brought to walk with God
Chapter Four: What Walking With God Is
Chapter Five: Twelve Distinct Excellencies of Walking With God
Chapter Six: Five Uses of Exhortation in Walking With God
Chapter Seven: Evidences of Our Walking With God
Chapter Eight: Twelve Rules of Direction for Walking With God
Chapter Nine: An Objection Concerning God's Hiding His Face Answered in Six Particulars
About the Author: Jeremiah Burroughs (1599-1646) was loved for his preaching and for his gentle spirit and was persecuted for his nonconformity to the Church of England. Forced to flee to Holland for a time, he eventually returned to England and preached to congregations in Stepney and Cripplegate in London, two of the largest congregations in all of England. He also served as a member of the Westminster Assembly until his death in 1646.
