Discourse of the Word, the Instrument of Regeneration

Name: Discourse of the Word, the Instrument of Regeneration
Author: Stephen Charnock

Stephen Charnock (1628–1680) was an English Puritan divine. Converted at Cambridge, he became a fellow of New College, Oxford, preached in Ireland and London, and after his ejection in 1662 later co-pastored a congregation in the city. Charnock is best known for his Discourses on the Existence and Attributes of God, a monument of Puritan theology; our library carries his discourses on regeneration and on the cleansing virtue of Christ's blood.

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First published: 1680
Category: Salvation & the Gospel
Length: 21k words · about 1 hour
Chapters: 4

About this book

One of Stephen Charnock's posthumous discourses on regeneration, published in 1680. Charnock shows how the Word of God serves as the instrument of the new birth: the Spirit ordinarily works through the preached and written gospel, not apart from it. The discourse honors both the sovereignty of the Spirit and the dignity of Scripture.