Distinctive Marks of Saving Faith

Distinctive Marks of Saving Faith is the ripe and mature expression of Alexander Comrie’s warm, Christ-centered, and experiential ministry. In fourteen chapters, he presents a multifaceted scriptural exposition of saving faith and its various exercises, a work in which he consistently exhorts struggling and established believers to embrace Christ and all His benefits. His overarching aim is to promote the simplicity of the gospel. Explore the infinite value of faith and the God-given means of uniting an infinitely rich and precious Christ and a bankrupt sinner.

Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books
Type: Hardback
ISBN: 9798886861099

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Alexander Comrie (1706–1774) was born in Perth, Scotland. As a youth, he was catechized by Ebenezer and Ralph Erskine and was greatly influenced by the writings of Thomas Boston. He moved to the Netherlands as a young man to work but eventually studied at the universities of Groningen and Leiden, where he was awarded a doctorate in philosophy. He developed into an able preacher and served the parish of Woubrugge, where he was pastor for thirty-eight years.

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“Comrie’s name appears only occasionally on the radar of English-speaking theological students, and largely because of his distinctive (although by no means unique) views of the relationship between justification and regeneration, faith, and assurance. His views are represented in these pages for us to read and consider firsthand (always the best way to assess an author’s views). But they appear in the context of such extraordinarily rich exposition and pastoral application that even those who do not share Comrie’s theological nuances will be wonderfully enriched. And while Distinctive Marks of Saving Faith was originally written for Christians in general, I suspect that pastors in particular will find that Comrie provides considerable help for their private ministry and stimulation and, indeed, inspiration for their preaching. Bartel Elshout deserves our grateful thanks for enabling non-Dutch speakers (of whom there are not a few) to appreciate the spiritually rich work of a Scottish-born Dutch master.” Sinclair B. Ferguson, Chancellor’s Professor of Systematic Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary