Suffering and sovereignty
Subtitle: John Flavel and the Puritans on afflictive providence
By: Brian H. Cosby ; foreword by Gerald Bray
Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 163
ISBN-13: 9781601781970
Subjects: Doctrines; Suffering; Puritans; Providence and government of God; Christianity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [143]-155) and index.
Table of contents: title: Toward a Puritan theology of suffering; title: Flavel on the origin and nature of suffering; title: Flavel on divine sovereignty and human suffering; title: Flavel on God's purposes in ordaining suffering; title: Flavel on the right response to suffering; title: The assurance of salvation in Flavel's ministry to sufferers; title: The cessation of suffering in Flavel's ministry to sufferers.