The Works of the Rev. John Howe, M.A.: as Published During His Life, Comprising the Whole of the Two Folio Volumes, Edit. 174

The Works Of The Rev. John Howe, M.A.: As Published During His Life, Comprising The Whole Of The Two Folio Volumes, Edit. 174 is an 18th?century theological treatise by John Howe, prefaced by Richard Baxter, situated in a Puritan–Reformed Anglican milieu. The volume argues that the blessedness of the righteous consists of three interrelated experiences: beholding God’s face, being transformed into God’s likeness, and finding deep, enduring satisfaction in that union. Howe grounds his program in Scripture, especially Psalm 17:15, and develops a twofold view of righteousness and the gospel—internal conformity to God’s will under the law of faith, rather than mere external or imputed righteousness, with a twofold outcome: continued guilt acknowledged and pardoned sinners urged toward holiness. The threefold blessing is explored through vision, assimilation, and rest, with careful discussion of divine glory, faith, mortality, and the eschatological consummation. The prose is exegetical and scholastic, reverent yet polemical, aimed at promoting holiness over controversy within a Puritan tradition.