Post-Reformation · 1677

The Life of God in the Soul of Man

Henry Scougal (1650-1678)

A short devotional letter written by the Scottish theologian Henry Scougal at age twenty-six and later published as a small book. Scougal argues that true religion is not outward observance or emotional feeling but the life of God implanted in the soul, expressed as love of God and neighbor. George Whitefield credited it with showing him what real Christianity was, and its influence on the eighteenth-century evangelical revivals was considerable.

2 hrs total · 6 chapters