The Christian's daily walk, in holy security and peace by Henry Scudder (Available from Amazon or free here) - Read the Recommendations and the Epistle to the Reader.
Firstly we read high praise from both John Owen and Richard Baxter for the book.
Then we read John Davenport's address to us and learn that true happiness is found in God.
I liked Davenport's description of state of the soul: 'Consider the soul as it is in this state of corruption; nothing can now content it, but that which can cure it. The soul is full of sin, which is the most painful sickness ; hence the prophet compares wicked men to the raging waves of the sea, that is never at rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt, Isa. Ivii. 1. What will you do to comfort him that is heart-sick? Bring him the choicest delicates, he cannot relish them ; compass him about with merry company and music, it is tedious and troublesome to him ; bring him to a better chamber, lay him on an easier bed : all will not satisfy him. But bring the physician to him, then he conceives hopes ; let the physician cure him of his distemper, and then he will eat coarser meat, with a better stomach, and sleep on a harder bed, in a worse chamber, with a more cheerful and contented heart. '
We definitely need a doctor, and thankfully we have a heavenly doctor for our sick, sick souls.
Next week's reading
Read Chapter 1.
Now it's your turn
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