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On the Love of God
Bernard's answer to a cardinal who asked why God should be loved, and how much. About an hour in modern English.
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They do a really good job at not "missing the point" or "watering down" main theological themes from their modernization. These Updated Works publications are one of the best introductions to these classic Puritan works there is.
The conversational style that it has been updated to has really made this book much more enjoyable than the stilted language of the original I tried to read.
This book provides an excellent pastoral, systematic unpacking of the doctrines of the Christian faith as found in the first part of the Westminster Catechism. I would recommend it for anyone who is looking to have their hearts warmed while also their theology sharpened and clarified according to God's Word.
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→ Books on Suffering 15 books Providence, affliction and contentment. Books written for people in the middle of loss, by men who had buried children and lost their pulpits. 
→ Books on Sin 16 books Temptation, indwelling sin, and repentance. Owen's three treatises are the backbone; Watson, Brooks and Venning show what sin costs and how it is fought. 
→ Books on Prayer 13 books How to pray, what to pray for, and what God does with the prayers of his people. Expositions of the Lord's Prayer sit beside the Puritans' most practical manuals. 
→ Books on Marriage 6 books Husbands and wives: the duties, the comforts and the theology of the married estate. 
→ Books on Theology 23 books The whole counsel of God in order: systematic works, confessions, and the great treatises on God's attributes and will. 
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217 volumes of the Latin Church Fathers
Patrologia Latina in English
Migne's collection of the Latin Church, from Tertullian to Innocent III, has never existed in English. We are translating it volume by volume — volumes 1–25 complete, 445 works translated, every one free to read online.
Read the translations →America's schoolbook, restored
McGuffey's Readers
The 1879 Revised Edition, rebuilt page by page from the original scans: clear type, every pronunciation mark, every engraving. 7 of 7 readers restored, 1,622 pages, free to download and print.
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