LITERATURE
BIOGRAPHY
Life Of John Howe, A.M, By The Rev. W. Urwick D.D.,
Dublin.
TREATISES AND
DISCOURSES
The Redeemer's Tears - One
of the most famous of Howe's discourses. Often re-printed.
Union Among Protestants - "That their hearts, might be
comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full
assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God and of
the Father, and of Christ." - Col. 11:2.
Man's
Enmity Against God - "And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies
in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled." Col. 1:21. and
the logical next sermon?...
God's
Reconciliation to Man - We have, from the former words of this text,
shewn the fearful, horrid state of unconverted sinners; that as such they are
alienated and enemies in their mind, by wicked works.......
Of Patience, in
Expectation of Future Blessedness - Hebrews x. 36.
"For Ye Have Need
of Patience, That After Ye Have Done The Will Of God, Ye Might Receive The
Blessing."
SERMONS
Funeral Sermon for Rev. William Bates D.D. deceased July
14th 1699. 'Then said Thomas, whch is called Didymus, unto his fellow
disciples,"Let us also go, that we may die with him."' . . .
The William Bates site can be seen
here.
Funeral Discourse for Death of Queen Mary -
Hebrews xii. 23. "And To
The Spirits Of Just Men Made Perfect" with a four-line Epigram,
composed by Mr. Howe, concluding the sermon.
Sermon
on the Death of Margaret, wife of Richard Baxter - preached at Baxter's
request, (see dedication). 2 Cor. v. 8. 'We are Confident, I say, and
Willing Rather to be Absent from the Body, and to be Present with the
Lord'
The Devil's Malice in Inflicting, and
Christ's Compassion in Curing, Diseases - Luke 13:16 "And ought not his
woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound these 18 years, be
loosed from her bond on the Sabbath?"
LETTERS
There is one appended here - at least two
more in the "Memoir" of Howe's life.
Letter to the
Duke of Bedfordshire - re. "punishing debauchery"
EPISTLE DEDICATORY - to
Thomas Manton's Sermons on
Ephesians. (Second link is to the Manton Website)
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