A Treatise on Earthly-Mindedness

Book Description:

Jeremiah Burroughs is one of the most beloved of the seventeenth-century English Puritans. In this important work, Burroughs shows from Scripture the great sin of thinking as the world thinks rather than thinking God’s thoughts after Him. Then, realizing that right conduct is the result of right thinking, Burroughs gives us more gems in the two bonus treatises offered here, A Heavenly Conversation and Walking with God.

The Puritans rightly discerned the relationship between a person’s doctrine and his or her walk before God and fellow man. May the Lord use these sermons to give us the same kind of discernment in our day. May we learn to think biblically, and then may we begin to act accordingly. 

Author

Jeremiah Burroughs (1599–1646) was loved for his preaching and for his gentle spirit and was persecuted for his nonconformity to the Church of England. Forced to flee to Holland for a time, he eventually returned to England and preached to congregations in Stepney and Cripplegate in London, two of the largest congregations in all of England. He also served as a member of the Westminster Assembly until his death in 1646.

Endorsements:

“We give ourselves with abandon to our pleasures as if we would die tomorrow. But we build houses and accumulate things as if we would live forever. You ought to consider this more. The Puritans were great at meditating on this life with the next one in view. I encourage you to read Jeremiah Burroughs’s A Treatise of Earthly-Mindedness. It is a wonderful meditation on exactly what this kind of worldly-mindedness means and what it looks like in our lives.”
--Mark Dever, senior pastor, Capitol Hill Baptist Church, Washington, DC

“This volume may be the most comprehensive treatment of the nature and enticements of worldliness. It is a prose version of Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress, reflecting the keen insight of Puritan Christianity. It is far too valuable to be ignored.” 
--R. C. Sproul, founder of Ligonier Ministries

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