This was Matthew Henry's last book, it was at the press when he died in 1714; the great Puritan commentator here looks at what gives people real joy. He looks at 12 different types of Christian pleasure, reviews what God has done to bring sinners joy, demonstrates that Christian experience proves this, and challenges the reader to join in! J.I.Packer adds an extensive introduction to the book showing its significance and gestation from Henry's ministry. 'Wisdom's ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace. Proverbs 3:17 Pleasure is a tempting thing. What yields delight cannot but attract desire... religion has pleasure on its side... Here is a bait that has no hook under it... a pleasure which God himself invites you to, and which will make you happy, truly and eternally happy... it is certain that there is true pleasure in true religion (p49f)
