Description
Samuel Clarke (1675-1729) was the compiler of this eminent book of Precious Bible Promises (1750). “Whereby are given unto us Exceeding Great and Precious that by these ye might be partakers of the Divine Nature” (2Peter 1:4). As an English academic, theologian, and preacher, Clarke would be found mastering Isaac Newton’s new system of the Universal Laws of Motion and translating an invaluable textbook to introduce and promote Newton’s position (1697), defending the Christian religion in A Discourse concerning the Being and Attributes of God, the Obligations of Natural Religion, and the Truth and Certainly of the Christian Revelation (1705), serving as a chaplain to Protestant Queen Anne of England (1705), translating Isaac Newton’s Optics (1706), expounding upon the Tri-Unity of God in his celebrated treatise The Scripture Doctrine of the Trinity (1712), refusing the secular post of Master of the Mint (1727) upon the death of Sir Isaac Newton (whom he would have replaced), and accumulating ten volumes of his own sermons (published posthumously); but, best remembered by many Christians is his compilation of Precious Bible Promises, which shows us that Dr. Samuel Clarke had not only a keen intellect, but a true understanding of the evangelical “faith which worketh by love” (Galatians 5:6) and its attendant Promises. “Let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth Me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the for in these things I delight, saith the LORD” (Jeremiah 9:24). * Search T. Rawlings in Kindle Books for more books on prayer!
