Puritan heart

Karen Soole  |  Reviews
Date posted:  1 Jan 2012
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SMOOTH STONES FROM ANCIENT BROOKS
Selections from the writings of Thomas Brooks
Edited by C.H. Spurgeon. Banner of Truth. 197 pages. £5.75
ISBN 978 1 848 711 136

Many of us now spend a larger amount of time surfing the internet than sitting reading a book from cover to cover.

This book, therefore, may appeal to the internet browser, as it can be plunged into on any page and you can hop from paragraph to paragraph. It is a like a Puritan book of Proverbs. There is no evident order, but page after page of miscellaneous snippets and ideas from Thomas Brook, albeit that, as one reads them, in some places a theme emerges, such as the battle against worldliness or the joy of Christian assurance.

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