Some Important Cases of Conscience Answered at the Casuistical Exercise, on Wednesday Evenings, in Little St. Helen's, Bishopgate-Street

Some Important Cases Of Conscience Answered At The Casuistical Exercise, On Wednesday Evenings, In Little St. Helen's, Bishopgate-Street by Samuel Pike. This 18th-century devotional work collects a sequence of casuistical questions posed during weekly casuistical exercises, with Pike offering sober, pastoral solutions aimed at guiding timid Christians toward sincere faith and living religion. The volume presents a long list of Cases of Conscience (Case I through XXVII), each introducing a dilemma about grace, faith, doubt, and obedience, followed by careful analysis and practical directions. The Preface explains the author’s aim: to relieve the fearful and to restrain presumptuous hopes, promoting true religion in the soul. Topics range from distinguishing natural affections from saving grace, recovering spiritual vitality amid worldly distractions, discerning whether divine promises or threats come from God or Satan, to the Lord's Supper, self-examination, and growth in grace through prayer and meditation. The book represents 18th-century casuistical theology and pastoral counsel toward genuine conversion and holiness.