“There is nothing of a more unstable and roving temper than the mind of man,” writes Edward Reynolds in the introduction to this volume. Thomas Watson’s eight discourses seek to still this roving mind and bring it to a place of peace by elucidating such subjects as Christ’s loveliness, the upright man’s character, a treatise concerning meditation, and more. In addition to the introduction and discourses, this volume also includes a short account of Watson’s life. Also contained are two discourses on the saint’s desire to be with Christ and on the Sermon on the Mount, as well as an appendix to the Beatitudes.