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Jeremiah Burroughs
Jeremiah Burroughs
In this treatise, Puritan pastor Jeremiah Burroughs carefully describes the peculiar nature of Christian hope and the influence it has on the life of a believer. He argues that every believer is fundamentally a hopeful person by virtue of the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit, and the presence of this hope has a purifying effect on the heart. He then recounts ten reasons, based on the greatness of the object of hope, why hope tends to clean up one’s life. Appended to this book is a sobering exposition of Psalm 17:14, which details the misery of those whose hope is in this world and receive their portion in this life. Weary and worn pilgrims, read this important book on hope and learn to revel in great expectation of the things God has in store.
“Here the saints may find proper and sovereign salve for their languishing spirits, for setting their broken bones in a gospel way, by leading them to the Rock that is higher than they, to Jesus Christ. Here you shall find how faith laughs at death, sin, hell, and destruction in the face and how it lives and looks smilingly at the most blustering storms, deadliest confusions, and darkest midnights of desertion that can come upon the storm. You shall here learn how to kill your fears and doubts so that they may never outgrow your faith again.”
John Yates (ca. 1591-1657),teaching fellow at Emmanuel College and minister of St. Andrews Congregation in Norwich
JEREMIAH BURROUGHS (1599-1646) was persecuted because of his nonconformity to the Church of England. Forced to flee to Rotterdam, Holland, for a time, he eventually returned to England and preached to congregations in Stepney and Cripplegate in London, two of the largest in England.