A thorough treatment of Jesus’ parable from Luke 12:16-22. Rogers’ original volume was published posthumously by his son in 1662.
Nehemiah Rogers’ exposition of the parable is brilliant. He draws out over fifty doctrines from the text which he handles thoroughly. Some of the doctrines included are: A man may be very Wealthy, and yet very Wicked; Sins of Thoughts are displeasing unto God as well as Sins of Acts; They that place their Happiness in Riches are egregious Fools; A carnal Man delights in a voluptuous Life; The Purposes of Sinners are oftentimes disappointed by God; Worldly prosperity breeds Sloth and carnal Security; A Night of Sorrow succeeds the Day of Pleasure to a Sinner; The Loss of the Soul is the greatest Loss; and Worldly Riches, immoderately loved, expose a Man to God’s heavy Wrath. Below are some quotes from the book:
“Where we take our chief strength to lie, that certainly we most trust unto; if it be in our barn, and in our goods, then, without doubt, our goods are our God, and our barn is our temple. Our greedy getting riches is our devotion, Amos 8:5, our coffers and chests, our heaven; in a word, we make the earth our throne, and heaven our footstool, as one speaks aptly.”
“Now suppose that there were an open window into thy heart, so that everyone that passeth by, might see all thy thoughts, as transparently as thy actions, in an open market; would it not cause thee to be as careful of them as thou art of thy outward behavior and carriage?” “No part of man can sin without the heart; the heart can sin without the rest.”
Hardback. 378 pages.