{"title":"Puritan Paperbacks","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"9780851512495-ppb-the-golden-treasury-of-puritan-quotations-thomas-i-d-e","title":"PPB Golden Treasury of Puritan Quotations, The","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOUT OF PRINT. New edition \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reformers.com.au\/products\/9781800402249-ppb-golden-treasury-of-puritan-quotations-the-copy-i-d-e-thomas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eavailable to order here.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis book does not belong to the ordinary run of anthologies but is a masterful selection by an author who has given many years to his work. The 1500 quotations from a wide range of Puritans have been chosen with great care, and arranged under topical headings. 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Here then is a collection of books designed to enable us to\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003egrow\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein both knowledge and grace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1864 pages (total)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Now the doors of your John Owen ‘library’ are open. Choose a volume. You can start anywhere; you will find biblical insight, wisdom, and personal help everywhere. And perhaps this little box set of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTreasures of John Owen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e will one day be part of your own spiritual heirloom…’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e— SINCLAIR B. 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Those who own this box set possess treasure indeed!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3416 pages (total)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘These are the books to return to again and again as old friends. They are also a sacred trust, to pass on to our families, and to recommend to friends. For in these books we have been given light on our path, instruction for our minds, wisdom for our lives, pleasures for our spirit.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e— SINCLAIR B. 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Here he writes about Jesus Christ, the heart of the gospel. Owen himself tells us that the substance of the work began in his own private meditation and study and only later was shared with his congregation. Here, then, is a master theologian writing about the things, or better, the person, nearest to his heart. The work itself was composed almost at the end of Owen’s life and first published in 1684, the year after his death. 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Owen’s biographers record his memorable and beautiful reply:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI am glad to hear it; but, O brother Payne! the long-wished-for day is come at last, in which I shall see that glory in another manner than I have ever done, or was capable of doing in this world.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is clear from these pages that Owen had already seen the glory of Christ from afar and pondered long on its significance. His teaching is well-suited to bring us to share in his longing to know Christ better, to see his glory more clearly and to serve him more faithfully. 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