'As the apostle says to Timothy, so also he says to everyone, 'Give yourself to reading.' He who will not use the thoughts of other men's brains proves that he has no brains of his own. You need to read. Renounce as much as you will all light literature, but study as much as possible sound theological works, especially the Puritanic writers, and expositions of the Bible. The best way for you to spend your leisure is to be either reading or praying.'
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About John Gillies and this book There are so many excellent things about this massive volume. The introduction by Horatius Bonar, the biographical accounts of the Puritans from Joseph Alleine to Thomas Shepard, and the abridged narratives of Whitefield's journals. But one of the most interesting details was Thomas Prince's description of Gilbert Tennant the preacher during the Great Awakening. ..."it was not so much his laying open the terrors of the law and wrath of God, or damnation of hell (for this they could pretty well bear as long as they believed these belonged not to them..) as his laying open their vain and secret shifts, counterfeit resemblances of grace, delusive and damning hopes..."