Puritan divine Charnock constructs an awe-inspiring portrait of God's attributes from theology and painstaking study of Scripture.
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By Brian G Hedges (South Bend, Indiana) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Existence and Attributes of God, The (Hardcover)
Words really fail to describe how breathtaking this book is. Not mainly because of the author, but because of the subject - God himself. I can't think of any book I've read that has left me more stunned and awed by God and his majesty. Charnock was a Puritan, so this book may be cumbersome to those unaccustomed to Elizabethan English. But if you can handle the KJV, you can handle this. It is also a comprehensive book - long, despite the fact that the chapters are really just lengthy meditations put in a sermonic form. Characteristically Puritan, Charnock begins each chapter with the exposition of a text, then develops its "doctrine," bridging into a lengthy theological study on one of God's attributes, finally ending on the "use" or application. The application sections are especially helpful and heart-searching, but really all of it is good. Though, I must confess I've not read it all (this book must be 1200 pages long!), I've benefited from the hours I've spent in these pages. No human author will ever write an exhaustive study on the character of God, but I can't imagine anyone coming closer to it than Charnock. This is a powerful, powerful book!
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This review is from: Existence and Attributes of God, The (Hardcover)
I have never in all of my life read a more excellent book other than the Bible explaining in intimate detail of God's attributes. Since this preacher was known in his day for his outstanding detail to his writings, this is a must read. It must be read slowly as someone else said, a bit at a time. I have been moved to tears at times as I've read this book and it has blessed me tremendously.
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Stunning Doxology To An Awesome God,
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This review is from: Existence and Attributes of God, The (Hardcover)
This is a rare privilege. To own a Puritan from the 17th Century's work, is really an honor. The author of this book knew nothing of computers, lexicons, cd-roms, - all the modern gadgetry we have at our disposal. Yet he still exceeds in literary excellence, theological consistency and God-honoring exegesis compared to publications that are available from modern wisdom and prudence. He was chaplain to Oliver Cromwell.
'But what if the foreknowledge of God, and the liberty of the will, cannot be fully reconciled by man? Shall we therefore deny a perfection in God to support a liberty in ourselves? Shall we rather fasten ignorance upon God, and accuse Him of blindness, to maintain our liberty?' p 450 The chapter on 'The Goodness of God' is so beautiful. It inspired and reinvigorated me. The Puritans held to a high view of God. Everything they did and said was theocentric. The fruits of their labor was produced under great trials, and yet this only seemed to spur them on to greater holiness. And so their legacy reaches our day and their spiritual vigor inflames our hearts anew. A huge book and colossal work. 'God hath His eye upon them that honor His nature; He would not 'seek such to worship Him', if He did not intend to accept such a worship from them.' p 256
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STEPHEN CHARNOCK, B.D., was born in the year 1628, in the parish of St. Katharine Cree, London. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages:
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- Charts on Open Theism and Orthodoxy by H. Wayne House on 6 pages
- How Much Does God Foreknow?: A Comprehensive Biblical Study by Steven C. Roy on 4 pages
- Milton's Theology of Freedom (Arbeiten Zur Kirchengeschichte 98) by Benjamin Myers on 4 pages
- Discovering God: In Stories from the Bible by Philip Graham Ryken in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Act and Being: Towards a Theology of the Divine Attributes by Colin E. Gunton on page 90, page 92, and page 117
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