The Saints' Everlasting Rest

Name: The Saints' Everlasting Rest
Author: Richard Baxter

Richard Baxter (1615–1691) was an English Puritan church leader and theologian. His ministry at Kidderminster transformed a neglected parish town, and though ejected in 1662 he remained one of Nonconformity's most influential voices, writing well over a hundred books. Our library holds The Reformed Pastor — his classic on the minister's work — A Call to the Unconverted, The Saints' Everlasting Rest, and his extensive Practical Works.

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First published: 1650
Category: Devotional
Length: 116k words · about 8 hours
Chapters: 18
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 87% of the original wording.
Narration: 🎧 George · British English

About this book

Richard Baxter's celebrated treatise on heaven, first published in 1650. Baxter urges believers to meditate seriously on the saints' everlasting rest, letting the hope of glory weaken the pull of earthly things and strengthen them for present duty. Written with a pastor's warmth and urgency, it became one of the most widely read Puritan books on the Christian's final hope.

Prefatory Notice
The introduction to the work, with some account of the nature of the Saints' Rest.
The great preparatives for the Saints' Rest.
The excellencies of the Saints' Rest. 🔒
The character of the persons for whom this Rest is designed. 🔒
The great misery of those who lose the Saints' Rest. 🔒
The misery of those who, besides losing the Saints' Rest, lose the enjoyments of time, and suffer the torments of hell. 🔒
The necessity of diligently seeking the Saints' Rest. 🔒
How to discern our title to the Saints' Rest. 🔒
The duty of the people of God to excite others to seek this Rest. 🔒
The Saints' Rest is not to be expected on Earth. 🔒
The importance of leading a Heavenly life upon Earth. 🔒
Directions how to lead a Heavenly life upon Earth. 🔒
The nature of Heavenly contemplation; with the time, place, and temper fittest for it. 🔒
What use Heavenly contemplation makes of consideration, the affections, soliloquy, and prayer. 🔒
Heavenly contemplation assisted by sensible objects, and guarded against a treacherous heart. 🔒
Heavenly contemplation exemplified, and the whole work concoluded. 🔒
Conclusion. 🔒