Evaluation
Overall Score: 8.1/10
A bracing work that trains us to live and die with Christ before our eyes.
Summary
At a Glance
- Length
- 144 pages
- Type
- —
- Theo. Perspective
- Reformed
- Overall score
- 8.1 / 10
- Strength
- Strong conscience work that drives us toward repentance and eternal priorities.
- Limitation
- The tone is strongly exhortative, so we will want to read it alongside more explicitly consoling works.
We read this as a serious work written with the end in view, aiming to help believers live now in the light of their final meeting with the Lord.
Richard Baxter presses the conscience, not to terrify, but to awaken, and to direct us toward a settled hope in Christ.
Why Should We Read This Resource?
We are helped because Baxter makes us honest about what matters. He exposes how easily we waste time, cherish small comforts, and avoid hard obedience, and he calls us to a life shaped by eternity.
We also gain a form of pastoral application that does not flinch. Baxter urges us to prepare well, to repent deeply, to believe simply, and to keep our hope fixed on Christ rather than on our own record.
For pastors, this can strengthen preaching that calls people to seriousness without turning the gospel into mere warning. We are reminded that true comfort grows where the conscience is clean and the Saviour is trusted.
Closing Recommendation
We recommend this as a bracing, sanctifying read for those who want a clearer, steadier view of life and death under Christ.
Classification
- Level: Mid-level
- Best For: Busy pastors
- Priority: Strong recommendation
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