Letters of John Newton (Hardcover)
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Publisher: Banner of Truth
Author: Newton, John
ISBN-10: 0851519512 | ISBN-13: 9780851519517
Binding: Hardcover
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John Newton's letters are classics of spirituality and devotion. He was the former slave trader who was converted and became a minister and wrote the hymn 'Amazing Grace'
- Tim Keller, from 2008 Summer Reading List
Converted slave-trader, preacher, hymn-writer, and one of the most colorful figures in the Evangelical Awakening of the 18th century with an incredible grasp of Scripture and deep personal experience of God's amazing grace. These letters, on many subjects, aim "to conform the believer to Christ," with several never published before.
It was through his prolific correspondence that Newton fulfilled his distinctive work as "the letter-writer par excellence of the Evangelical Revival—. His grasp of Scripture and deep personal experience of the "amazing grace" of God, his many friends (among them, Whitefield, Cowper and Wilberforce), his many and varied trials, his country pastorate, his strong, clear, idiomatic style " all these factors combined to prepare the author of "How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds—, for the exercise of his special gift.
These letters, selected by his biographer, Josiah Bull, bear the practical imprint of all of Newton's writings; they cover a wide variety of subjects and aim "to conform the believer to Christ—. Among them are several that were not previously published in earlier collections of his correspondence. Of particular value and interest are the biographical sketches and historical notes supplied by the editor.
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"In few writers are Christian doctrine, experience and practice more happily balanced than in the author of these Letters, and few write with more simplicity, piety and force."
- C. H. Spurgeon
"It was Newton's goodness rather than his greatness that rendered him so especially attractive " the abundance of the grace of God that was in him. In this respect he was pre-eminent, justifying the eulogy of William Jay who speaks of him as one of the most perfect instances of the spirit and temper of Christianity he ever knew. Some men excel in one virtue more than another. But Newton's character was beautiful in its entireness. It rested on a solid foundation " the initial Christian grace of humility, and of this grace he was a most striking example. He never for a moment forgot that by the grace of God he was what he was."
- Josiah Bull, author of But Now I See: The Life of John Newton.
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