The Doctrine of the Saints Infirmities

Two pastoral sermons from the celebrated early-seventeenth-century Puritan preacher John Preston, aimed at souls harassed by persistent weakness in their walk with God. Preston distinguishes the infirmities that remain in true saints from the willful, reigning sins of the unconverted, maps the stages by which believers fall into and recover from lingering sin, and offers steady counsels for troubled consciences. A characteristically careful, experiential Puritan treatment of sanctification — honest about the struggle that continues in the regenerate, yet pressing the reader to patient faith, watchfulness, and the mercy of a faithful Savior.