The Works of the Rev --- as Published During His Life.Edit. 1724

The Works Of The Rev --- As Published During His Life.Edit. 1724 by John Howe is a dense Puritan-era theological treatise exploring how faithful righteousness yields true heavenly blessedness. It argues that true blessedness comes from a twofold frame of righteousness grounded in faith, repentance, love, and obedience within the covenant of grace, rather than external works. The central aim is to explain Psalm-style promises of heavenly blessedness as both present transformation and future consummation: seeing God’s face, being conformed to God’s likeness, and finding satisfaction in that likeness. The work emphasizes unity and holiness over disputation, urging readers toward practical godliness and a sustained hope in future glory. Its threefold structure presents the blessedness as vision, assimilation, and satisfaction, each reinforcing the others. The tone is scholastic and exhortatory, drawing on Scripture and classical authorities to defend Christian humility, charity, and piety. The excerpt also reflects Part 3 of a four-part treatise on Christian ethics, providence, and doctrinal speculation.