Classic Christian work
A Pastors Love Expressed to a Loving People
by Thomas Watson
A deeply moving farewell sermon preached in 1662, as Watson was forced from his London pulpit under the Act of
Uniformity. Grounded in 2 Corinthians 7:1, he expounds the ardent love a faithful pastor bears toward his
congregation, modeled on the Apostle Paul's self-sacrificing devotion. The heart of the work is twenty practical
directions for the Christian life — from daily prayer and Scripture reading to watchfulness against sin,
heavenly-mindedness, and meditating on eternity. A tender, urgent, and richly illustrated charge from a shepherd who
knew he might never address his flock again.
- Chapters
- 4
- Word count
- 5,547
- Type
- Sermon