reaganmarsh
Puritan Board Senior
PB brethren,
I have a gift card and a 40% coupon for the Lifeway bookstore. It's a sufficient amount that I can purchase either the Works of Thomas Brooks or the Works of John Flavel.
I'm interested in Brooks because of his 'Precious Remedies,' 'Mute Christian,' 'Unsearchable Riches of Christ,' and 'God's Delight in the Progress of the Upright.' I'm interested in Flavel because of his 'Fountain of Life,' 'Method of Grace,' 'Pneumatologia: A Treatise of the Soul of Man,' 'Treatise on Fear,' The Righteous Man’s Refuge,' 'The Occasions, Causes, Nature, Rise, Growth and Remedies of Mental Errors,' and 'Touchstone of Sincerety.'
I'm looking at these two (Brooks & Flavel) specifically for pastoral help, personal edification, and their application in my biblical counseling studies: I hope to learn more of how they understood and applied the Scriptures to their hearers, particularly in the works referenced above.
I'm not pursuing other Puritan sets because I have several others already. Eventually I want both Brooks and Flavel. Which should I get first, though?
So -- what do y'all think?
I have a gift card and a 40% coupon for the Lifeway bookstore. It's a sufficient amount that I can purchase either the Works of Thomas Brooks or the Works of John Flavel.
I'm interested in Brooks because of his 'Precious Remedies,' 'Mute Christian,' 'Unsearchable Riches of Christ,' and 'God's Delight in the Progress of the Upright.' I'm interested in Flavel because of his 'Fountain of Life,' 'Method of Grace,' 'Pneumatologia: A Treatise of the Soul of Man,' 'Treatise on Fear,' The Righteous Man’s Refuge,' 'The Occasions, Causes, Nature, Rise, Growth and Remedies of Mental Errors,' and 'Touchstone of Sincerety.'
I'm looking at these two (Brooks & Flavel) specifically for pastoral help, personal edification, and their application in my biblical counseling studies: I hope to learn more of how they understood and applied the Scriptures to their hearers, particularly in the works referenced above.
I'm not pursuing other Puritan sets because I have several others already. Eventually I want both Brooks and Flavel. Which should I get first, though?
So -- what do y'all think?