Discourse on the Cleansing Virtue of Christ's Blood

Name: Discourse on the Cleansing Virtue of Christ's Blood
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: 24k words · about 2 hours
Chapters: 5

About this book

A discourse by Stephen Charnock on the cleansing power of the blood of Christ, published after his death in 1680. Charnock explains how Christ's blood, shed once for sinners, washes the guilty conscience and purges away the defilement of sin. It is a rich treatment of a precious doctrine, full of comfort for believers who feel their pollution.