Review: The Existence and Attributes of God by Stephen Charnock vol. 2

Nov 15

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The Existence and Attributes of God by Stephen Charnock

P. #: Starts where the first volume ends at p. 739-1615 (876), 1687 (948) with two indexes.

Life: Charnock is best known for the work we are reviewing today, but he has also written other works such as his treatise on regeneration. He was one of the prominent English Puritans of the 17th century, and was a Presbyterian Clergyman. Charnock studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he was influenced by Puritan theology.

General info about author: After the restoration of the monarchy and the Church of England in 1660, Charnock, as a Presbyterian minister, was discharged from his office and likely traveled to Europe. During this period, he continued to preach privately, study, and possibly even practiced medicine to support himself. His understanding of the human body and medicine can also be seen throughout his works.

This volume is made up of the latter 6 of 14th discourses. These discourses are considerably longer than those in the first volume.

As I mentioned in the other review, Mark Jones did a huge amount of work on these. He made some 20 editorial changes including: run-on sentences have been fixed, number headings fixed, Archaic words updated, insertion of biblical and quotation references (this is HUGE), British spelling to American, and of course, his introductions to every discourse which discusses what Charnock will say, and also puts everything in historical context. Most of these things I just mentioned, result in 100s and 100s of footnotes, which are extremely helpful.

This is truly a beautiful and helpful set that has been made to last not just your lifetime, but your children’s and grandchildren’s.

Quotes: 743, 744, 753, 759, 769, 797, 798, 834, 863, 879, 915, 936, 1007, 1024, 1057, 1060, 1153, 1308, 1368, 1394

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