This is Watson's masterful treatment on the subject of Contentment from Philippians 4:11, "I have learned in whatsoever state I am therewith to be content." This excellent book is full of sound exposition and practical application.
Many today believe that the Christian life is rather easy to both obtain and live. But the Puritans saw it as warfare, as wrestling, as “holy violence,” to use their term. The Apostle Paul spoke of beating his own body into subjection. And this holy v
Watson is always the essence of sanity and reliability. Christians of all stages will feel as if they have entered the gallery of a great portrait painter.
Knowing what repentance is, and actually repenting, are essential to true Christianity. Few better guides have existed in any area of spiritual experience than Thomas Watson.
Watson's attractive style, vast store of quotes and anecdotes, vitality of presentation and easily-read exposition all contribute to make his works popular.
Thomas Watson's Body of Practical Divinity is one of the most precious of the peerless works of the Puritans; and those best acquainted with it prize it most. Watson was one of the most concise, racy, illustrative, and suggestive of those eminent divines
