The Mute Christian Under the Smarting Rod

by Thomas Brooks

Overview

Thomas Brooks was a 17th century English non-conformist Puritan. Brooks' book The Mute Christian Under the Smarting Rod discusses his own experience in dealing with temptation and human weakness.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781494269807
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	11/25/2013
Pages:	102
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.21(d)

About the Author

Brooks, Thomas (1608-1680). "Nonconformist preacher. Born into a Puritan family, he was sent to Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He soon became an advocate of the Congregational way and served as a chaplain in the Civil War. In 1648 he accepted the rectory of St. Margaret's, New Fish Street, London, but only after making his Congregational principles clear to the vestry. On several occasions he preached before Parliament. He was ejected in 1660 and remained in London as a Nonconformist preacher. Government spies reported that he preached at Tower Wharf and in Moorfields. During the Great Plague and Great Fire he worked in London, and in 1672 was granted a license to preach in Lime Street. He wrote over a dozen books, most of which are devotional in character. He was buried in Bunhill Fields."