Anyone (VirginiaHuguenot?) have any information on this man and/or on his book Contemplations?
Thanks.
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Anyone (VirginiaHuguenot?) have any information on this man and/or on his book Contemplations?
Thanks.
Richard T. Zuelch, M.Div
Ruling Elder (not currently serving)
Westminster Presbyterian Church (OPC), Westminster, CA
www.alexandermaclaren.wordpress.com
www.reiterations.wordpress.com
www.theblamelesswalk.wordpress.com
All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us, and the change is painful. - Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964), American novelist, short-story writer, essayist, and literary critic.
Joseph Hall, was directly involved in the Smectymnuus controversy as a defender of episcopacy by divine right, but was Puritan-minded in other areas. He wrote The Divine Art of Meditation and Joel Beeke's essay on Puritan meditation quotes him extensively. His Contemplations were praised by Charles Spurgeon and George Whitefield, among others, and are available online here. More of his works are available online here. There is a biographical sketch of him in Meet the Puritans by Joel Beeke and Randall Pederson as well.
Andrew
Thanks for the info. I'm interested because, last Lord's Day, I stumbled across a copy of Hall's Contemplations in our church's library. Now, I've got to read it!
Richard T. Zuelch, M.Div
Ruling Elder (not currently serving)
Westminster Presbyterian Church (OPC), Westminster, CA
www.alexandermaclaren.wordpress.com
www.reiterations.wordpress.com
www.theblamelesswalk.wordpress.com
All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us, and the change is painful. - Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964), American novelist, short-story writer, essayist, and literary critic.
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