Books on Prayer

A Breathing After God

Richard Sibbes · 1639 AD — what it means to desire one thing above all, and why that desire keeps a Christian praying and returning to God's house.

Gospel Worship

Jeremiah Burroughs · 1653 AD — how to approach God in worship with reverence, sincerity, and spiritual understanding.

Sacraments

The Saint's Spiritual Delight

Thomas Watson · 1657 AD — an exposition of Psalm 1:2 on the delight of the godly in God's law.

The Whole Duty of Man

Richard Allestree · 1658 AD — seventeen Sunday readings on the duties of a Christian life, with private devotions.

Holiness

A Christian on the Mount

Thomas Watson · 1660 AD — a treatise on meditation built on Psalm 1:2, distinguished from mere memory and study.

Prayer

John Bunyan · 1662 AD — why true prayer is the Spirit's work in the heart, not mere form or words.

The Lord's Supper

Thomas Watson · 1665 AD — the sacrament explained and transubstantiation refuted.

Sacraments

A Remedy for Wandering Thoughts in the Worship of God

Richard Steele · 1673 AD — diagnoses why the mind drifts during prayer and preaching, and attaches a remedy to each cause.

The Return of Prayers

Thomas Goodwin · 1683 AD — how to recognize God's answers to prayer, even unexpected ones.

The Lord's Prayer

Thomas Watson · 1692 AD — his exposition of the six petitions, from hallowed be thy name to deliver us from evil.

A Method for Prayer

Matthew Henry · 1710 AD — Scripture sentences gathered into ready prayers of adoration, confession, and thanksgiving.