The Promises of God

Not many Christians today are familiar with Nicholas Byfield (1579–1622). This is a tragedy. Byfield was a Calvinistic puritan divine and an extremely popular puritan in his day who wrote many treatises and was widely respected as a theologian and preacher. Byfield treats this important subject with precision and biblical prowess. His purpose is to show, “abundant comfort for the Christian against any distress.” He demonstrates how the godly may support their hearts against all outward afflictions, how they may comfort themselves against reproaches, how Satan tempts Christians and how the godly may be comforted in those temptations. He also covers comforts against our daily infirmities, and one of the most important encouragements on comforting the godly against the fear of falling away. His section on, “objections and solutions,” is worth the cost of this volume alone. This work is not a scan or facsimile and has been made easy to read with an active table of contents for electronic versions.