#91: Puritans and Mangoes

I think I've figured out what the problem is with Puritan writings that causes folks to shy away from them. While exhausting their subject, they exhaust the reader with too many words and references. These guys are GREAT when it comes to what they say, they simply say too much much of the time. All that being said, I still recommend the 12 Puritan classics to which I referred in Post #86 listed on another blog site.
For you lazy types, let me either sum up all you need to know or maybe whet your appetites about the ones I've already read. No comments will follow in brackets those I haven't read:
The Bruised Reed by Richard Sibbes [Jesus won't kick you when you're down, but will restore you to spiritual health.]
The Mystery of Providence by John Flavel [God knows what He's doing and you can study to figure it out by reading the Bible]
The Godly Man’s Picture by Thomas Watson [Actually ACT like Jesus!!]
Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices by Thomas Brooks [Read the Bible, pray in the Spirit, and stand firm in Jesus' strength, not your own]
Come and Welcome to Jesus Christ by John Bunyan [Hey, Wanna get saved? Call on Jesus and be GUARENTEED He'll answer you]
The Mortification of Sin by John Owen [STOP IT, YOU SINFUL MORON! NOW, ACT LIKE JESUS!]
A Lifting Up for the Downcast by William Bridge [Whatchu Bummed For?!! Remember who you are in Christ!!]
The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment by Jeremiah Burroughs
The True Bounds of Christian Freedom by Samuel Bolton
The Christian’s Great Interest by William Guthrie
The Reformed Pastor by Richard Baxter [ACT like Jesus towards your spiritual charges!]
A Sure Guide to Heaven by Joseph Alleine

OK, let's whet another appetite. One of my Chinese granddaughters taught me the best way to eat a mango. Cut along the long axis to get two halves and a pulp covered stone. Cut away the skin from the stone. Eat the pulp. Cut across the pulp but not through the skin 5 times the short way and once the long way. Bend back the skin so little "squares" appear that are easy to bite from the skin. Enjoy immensely. Wash up the small amount of goop on your fingers and, for those of us who have them, mustaches!!
Can you say YUMMMMMMM??!!