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A rare topic; a rare treasure,
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This review is from: A Treatise on Earthly-Mindedness (Hardcover)
Sproul's rather unpromising foreword to this book begins, "my guess is that few people will ever pick up this book and read it." The sad thing is, he's right: "Its theme and content are too alien to modern Christianity to evoke much interest". When was the last time you ever saw a book written to address the problem of worldliness?Burroughs book is nonetheless a real gem. Out of print from 1649 until now, its message needs to be read again in an age where worldliness abounds in the professing church. There are actually three treatises in one book here: the first is "A Treatise of Earthly-mindedness", the second is "A heavenly Conversation", the third is "On walking with God". Each call the believer to focus not on earthly things but on heaven. Burroughs exposes the emptiness of worldly pleasures in favor of the heavenly vision that we all should have, and in good Puritan fashion, manages to lucidly address a hundred other essential topics in passing. The unbeliever will be left confused by this book. It will make little sense to him. Sadly, many believers will also take one look at the title and find its message too convicting for comfort. If you are ensnared by the materialism of the world, this will be good medicine for your soul. It is not an exaggeration to say that there is more solid content in one page of Burroughs than in an entire volume by many a contemporary Christian author.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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A very great danger throughly exposed,
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This review is from: A Treatise on Earthly-Mindedness (Hardcover)
A book such as this would scarcely be attempted in our day. Another title for the book could be 'The Nature and Enticements of Worldliness'. This book will probably not have a wide readership and that is sad. R.C.Sproul makes an observation in the the introduction that the content of this book is too alien to modern Christianity,and I think that assessment is right on target. Should a book such as this be overlooked or ignored in our day? Is its content Biblical and relevant enough to warrant a larger audience? Jeremiah Burroughs exposes many of the evils and dangers of being earthly minded. One of the evils brought out by the author is that earthly mindedness is the root of apostasy. He cites the example of Demas. Demas became an apostate,Why? The apostle Paul said that Demas forsook him because he loved this present world. Are there not any Christians in our day in danger of becoming apostates because they have an inordinate love for this world? If the answer is no to that question then this book would be irrelevant for today. You could probably put on a blindfold and point to almost any part of this treatise and you would find something that needs to be shouted from the rooftops in this generation. I did not use the blindfold method but I would like to give this example from p.2"This is the great difference between a wicked man and a godly man :one minds earthly things,and the other has its conversation in heaven. " Comments such as this are quite foreign to Christianity in this present age. What our generation needs is not only many that would be interested in reading and absorbing a book like this ,but that God would be pleased to raise up those who could write a book that has such great spiritual weight.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Keen Puritan Insights,
This review is from: A Treatise on Earthly-Mindedness (Hardcover)
The treatises from the pen of Jeremiah Burroughs (member of Westminster Assembly of Divines) contained within this volume deliver strong edification for the soul pursuing God and His word. This is a much needed exposition of proper spiritual objectives which would greatly profit the modern Western Christian. Thankfully SDG printed this work which had not been published for hundreds of years. If you love the Puritans or you desire solid biblical spiritual growth, this book is for you.
Christ proclaimed that we are to "seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness" and to avoid being "of the world" and in this work one can discover the scriptural means of true joy and godly sanctification. Sproul comments on this release: "This book lifts our gaze beyond the earth; our hearts are set aflame by the fire of heaven, and our minds are awakened to a spiritual perspective" (back cover). Edited by Rev. Don Kistler. A "To The Reader" from Thomas Goodwin, Nye, Greenhill, Simpson, Bridge, and others. A short Forward by R.C. Sproul. by Michael A. Robinson author of numerous apologetic books; including: God Does Exist!: Defending the faith using presuppositional apologetics, evidence, and the impossibility of the contrary
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