DOCTRINAL PURITANS

a

DIVINE CORDIAL;

the

SAINT’S

SPIRITUAL DELIGHT;

the

HOLY EUCHARIST;

AND OTHER TREATISES

by

THOMAS WATSON,

a.d. 1657

THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY

THE WRITINGS

of the

DOCTRINAL PURITANS

and

DIVINES OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

January, 1846

DOCTRINAL PURITANS

and

DIVINES OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

During the last twenty years, the Committee of the Religious Tract Society have sent forth many of the valuable writings of those devoted servants of Christ, who lived and wrote in the seventeenth century, and of others of a later date, who, being like-minded, have borne a similar testimony. These are The Doctrinal Puritans of our land.

Few persons are aware of the extent to which these publications have been prepared by the Religious Tract Society, and that for a few shillings many of the most valuable writings of our divines who succeeded the reformers may be obtained. Amidst the continued efforts now made to engage public attention to the productions of the press, the Committee of the Religious Tract Society find it an imperative duty prominently to state what has been done, and to show that readers of every station may at once avail themselves of the result of these exertions, to a greater or less extent, as they please.

Although these invaluable treasures have now, for some years, been placed within the reach of all classes of the community, public attention has not been directed to them as a whole, forming a collective body of sound Protestant, scriptural truth, suitable for libraries, whether for private use or public circulation, and for the many circumstances and states of life which render the possession of such books, and their presentation to others, valuable benefits. The advantages arising from improved methods and proceedings in mechanical preparation, and in other ways, also enable the Committee now to offer this series in volumes, on terms at which, a few years since, only the pamphlet of a few pages could be acquired.

Many of the Society’s works, as Leighton, Bunyan, and Chillingworth, are now given in a more correct form than in the numerous reprints of late years. Others are abridged, or condensed, so as to render them much more valuable for circulation, and desirable for perusal; these books being distinguished accordingly, while, as a whole, they will be found edited with much care and fidelity.

The Series of publications now about to be issued, will contain some of the best works of The Doctrinal Puritans and Divines of the Seventeenth Century. They will be arranged in pocket volumes, containing on the average, three hundred and sixty pages each, in neat cloth boards; the price to subscribers and booksellers, being 1s. the volume, and 1s. 4d. to non-subscribers.

It is proposed to issue them to subscribers to this series at the rate of a volume every alternate month, or six volumes in the year, for the subscription of six shillings annually, paid in advance.

The following are the six volumes for the first year, issued ...