The Life of God in the Soul of Man

Name: The Life of God in the Soul of Man
Author: Henry Scougal

Henry Scougal (1650–1678) was a Scottish minister and professor of divinity at King's College, Aberdeen, the son of a bishop. Ordained young, he combined careful scholarship with deep personal piety, and died of tuberculosis at twenty-eight. Our library holds The Life of God in the Soul of Man (1677), written first as a letter to a friend; it later helped awaken both John Wesley and George Whitefield.

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First published: 1677
Category: Holiness
Length: 23k words · about 2 hours
Chapters: 3
Modernized version: In the reader: the Original, the Modernized text in present-day English, or both side by side. On average, the Modernized text keeps about 90% of the original wording.
Narration: 🎧 Volunteer Readers

About this book

A short devotional treatise by the Scottish minister Henry Scougal, published in 1677. Scougal argues that true religion is not outward duty, correct opinion, or emotional excitement, but the life of God dwelling in the soul and uniting the believer to Christ. Written first as a private letter, it became one of the most quietly influential devotional books of its age.