The Works of John Howe: as Published During His Life

The Works Of John Howe: As Published During His Life by John Howe. The Blessedness of the Righteous (as excerpted) is a late 17th-/early 18th-century Puritan devotional treatise that examines how believers attain true blessedness through inward conformity to God rather than external prosperity. This sermon-like work blends Scripture exegesis with exhortation, drawing on faith, repentance, love, and trust to cultivate a sustained spiritual life. Central themes include eyeing God with reverence and active imitation, the fruits of the Spirit as signs of inner renewal, and the dynamic combination of faith, hope, and joy sustaining present duty with a view to future glory. The treatise treats suffering, patience, and detachment from worldly concerns as training for eternal bliss, and foregrounds the use of patristic and classical authorities within gospel-centered exhortation. The excerpt also contains a dedicatory/prefatory tract on mortality and virtue, framing practical holiness within a pastoral vision of growing conformity to the divine likeness both in this life and in the life to come.