The Works of John Howe Ed. With a Preface by H. Rogers

The Works Of John Howe Ed. With A Preface By H. Rogers by John Howe. This late-17th-century Puritan devotional treatise teaches Christians to pursue virtue through disciplined desire, faith, and hope. It blends exhortation, scriptural justification, and classical and philosophical references to urge readers toward spiritual maturity and a heavenly orientation. Core themes include the blessedness of the righteous, growth in holiness, detachment from earthly riches, and a robust hope of immortality rooted in the promise of eternal life. Howe presents a threefold schema—subject, nature, and season—to explain how the righteous will behold God, be transformed into His likeness, and find lasting satisfaction in that likeness in the afterlife. It contrasts the gospel’s law of faith with the old law of works and argues that true life is organized around eternity rather than present attainments. Addressed to devout Christians in families and clerical circles, the tone is earnest, polemical, and pastoral, uniting scriptural exegesis with moral exhortation.