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Weight	0.46 lbs
Dimensions	7.13 × 4.75 × 0.5 in
ISBN	9781848711402
Binding	Paperback
topic	Encouragement, Life Issues
Original Pub Date	1781
Banner Pub Date	Oct 1, 1960
page-count	240
format	Book

Book Description

John Newton (1725–1807), sailor, preacher and hymnwriter, was one of the most colourful figures in the great Evangelical Revival of the 18th Century. ‘Once an infidel and libertine, a servant of slaves in Africa,’ he wrote for his own epitaph, ‘by the rich mercy of Jesus Christ, preserved, restored, pardoned, and appointed to preach the faith he had long laboured to destroy.’

It was through his correspondence that Newton fulfilled his distinctive work as ‘the letter writer par excellence of the Evangelical Revival.’ His grasp of Scripture and deep personal experience, his many friends (among them, George Whitefield, William Cowper and William Wilberforce), his manifold trials, his country pastorate, his strong, clear, idiomatic style — all these factors combined to prepare the author of How sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds, for the exercise of his special gift.

These practical letters cover a wide variety of subjects and aim ‘to conform the believer to Christ.’

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	Introduction	vii
1	Grace in the Blade	1
2	Grace in the Ear	8
3	The Full Corn in the Ear	14
4	Communion with God	22
5	Spiritual Blindness	30
6	The Right Use of the Law	36
7	Snares and Difficulties Attending the Ministry	46
8	Marks of a Call to the Ministry	53
9	Advice on the Work of the Ministry	57
10	Some Blemishes in Christian Character	61
11	Love to the Brethren	68
12	Doctrines of Election and Final Perseverance	74
13	Divine Guidance	83
14	The Practical Influence of Faith	90
15	Family Worship	96
16	Temptation	102
17	Controversy	111
18	Man in His Fallen Estate (1)	117
19	Man in His Fallen Estate (2)	124
20	Causes, Nature, and Marks of a Decline in Grace	131
21	Acquired and Experimental Knowledge	136
22	Believer’s Inability on Account of Remaining Sin	141
23	Evil Present with the Believer	146
24	Advantages from Remaining Sin	150
25	What the Believer Can Attain to in this Life	155
26	The Greatness of God	161
27	The Lord the Shepherd of His People	166
28	The Blessedness of the Believer	171
29	The Character of a Christian	177
30	Cases of Conscience	187
31	How To Meet the Assaults of Satan	195
32	How To Keep Close to the Lord	200
33	The Benefits of Affliction	203
34	Contrary Principles in the Believer	206
35	Christ All-sufficient	210
36	Blessed Are They that Mourn	213
37	Conflict Exercises the Graces	218
38	Submission to the Will of the Lord	222
39	The Vanity of the World	225