No Doubt, one of the top 5 books we will publish this year - maybe #1

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C. Matthew McMahon

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I usually don't say things like that lightly, but I have to admit that this may be one of the top 5, or even the top 3 books we will publish all year.

Like William Spurstowe and his "Wells of Salvation Opened", being the best puritan work of that type on the promises, this work by Nathaniel Vincent is the best published work I've read yet on Self-Examination. Both my wife and the transcriber on the work took extra time with it because of its biblical helpfulness and ability to explain the truth of God to mortify our sins. She said, "This is the best book I've read all year."

"A Discourse on Self-Examination", by Nathaniel Vincent

Nathaniel Vincent (1639-1697) was a nonconformist puritan divine. His colleagues called him “smart…brisk and well-rounded as a minister of the Gospel, holding a facetious and jolly humor, as well as being a considerable scholar.”

In one of the best treatments on self-examination ever written, Vincent takes great care teaching, “Prove your own selves,” from 2 Corinthians 13:5. Christians often do not take the necessary time to examine themselves in light of true Christian conversion and practice. The Apostle Paul even says that Christians must examine themselves before coming to the Lord’s Supper. It is a requirement and commandment of utmost importance.

Vincent explains what it means to prove ourselves, what it is to be proved, what we are to prove, the manner of proving, the rule of proving, special seasons of proving, and arguments for self-examination. He also shows differences between Christians and unbelievers in several cases of conscience, with a practical section of sin-mortifying application. He then concludes the book with how self-examination works prior to the Lord’s Supper, and gives a number of personal meditations on how Christians should think before they come to the Lord’s Supper.

This is not a scan or facsimile, and has been updated in modern English for easy reading. It also has an active table of contents for electronic versions (including PDFs).

eBook Package at the Puritan Shop
A Discourse on Self-Examination - by Nathaniel Vincent (1639-1697) | The Puritan Shop

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Hardback Version
A Discourse on Self-Examination by Nathaniel Vincent (Hardcover)

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