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Puritan Treasures for Today
The Blessed and Boundless God by George Swinnock | Puritan Treasures for Today Series | A Practical Guide to God’s Incomparableness in Being, Attributes, Works & Word | Reformation Heritage Paperback
For who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord? Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord?— Psalm 89:6
From the psalmist’s assertion that no one in heaven or earth is like God, George Swinnock derives his principal doctrine—namely, God is incomparable. Throughout The Blessed and Boundless God, he proves his doctrine by demonstrating God’s incomparableness in His being, attributes, works, and words. Swinnock is a pastor-theologian who views theology as the means by which we grow in acquaintance with God and, consequently, in godliness. Therefore, he carefully applies his doctrine by demonstrating how God’s incomparableness informs, counsels, and comforts us. Read this book prayerfully, thoughtfully, and expectantly, keeping in mind Swinnock’s simple conviction that “when we take the incomparable God as our God, we are incomparably blessed.”
Table of Contents:
Preface
Introduction
Part 1—God’s Incomparable Being
1. The Excellence of God’s Being
2. Independent
3. Perfect
4. Universal
5. Unchangeable
6. Eternal
7. Simple
8. Infinite
9. Incomprehensible
Part 2—God’s Incomparable Attributes
10. The Perfections of God’s Nature
11. Holiness
12. Wisdom
13. Power
14. Justice
15. Knowledge
16. Faithfulness
17. Mercy
18. Patience
19. Boundless Attributes
Part 3—God’s Incomparable Works
20. The Greatness of God’s Works
21. Creation
22. Providence
23. Redemption
24. God Works Irresistibly
25. God Works Arbitrarily
26. God Works Effortlessly
27. God Works Independently
Part 4—God’s Incomparable Words
28. The Manner of God’s Words
29. The Matter of God’s Words
30. The Effect of God’s Words
Part 5—Application
31. The Malignity of Sin
32. The Madness of Sinners
33. The Misery of Sinners
34. The Folly of Pride
35. The Importance of Worship
36. The Wonder of Grace
37. Knowing God
38. Sanctifying Knowledge
39. Satisfying Knowledge
40. Saving Knowledge
41. The Means of Attaining Knowledge
42. The Motives for Attaining Knowledge
43. Praising God
44. The Motives for Praising God
45. Incomparably Blessed
From the psalmist’s assertion that no one in heaven or earth is like God, George Swinnock derives his principal doctrine—namely, God is incomparable. Throughout The Blessed and Boundless God, he proves his doctrine by demonstrating God’s incomparableness in His being, attributes, works, and words. Swinnock is a pastor-theologian who views theology as the means by which we grow in acquaintance with God and, consequently, in godliness. Therefore, he carefully applies his doctrine by demonstrating how God’s incomparableness informs, counsels, and comforts us. Read this book prayerfully, thoughtfully, and expectantly, keeping in mind Swinnock’s simple conviction that “when we take the incomparable God as our God, we are incomparably blessed.”
Table of Contents:
Preface
Introduction
Part 1—God’s Incomparable Being
1. The Excellence of God’s Being
2. Independent
3. Perfect
4. Universal
5. Unchangeable
6. Eternal
7. Simple
8. Infinite
9. Incomprehensible
Part 2—God’s Incomparable Attributes
10. The Perfections of God’s Nature
11. Holiness
12. Wisdom
13. Power
14. Justice
15. Knowledge
16. Faithfulness
17. Mercy
18. Patience
19. Boundless Attributes
Part 3—God’s Incomparable Works
20. The Greatness of God’s Works
21. Creation
22. Providence
23. Redemption
24. God Works Irresistibly
25. God Works Arbitrarily
26. God Works Effortlessly
27. God Works Independently
Part 4—God’s Incomparable Words
28. The Manner of God’s Words
29. The Matter of God’s Words
30. The Effect of God’s Words
Part 5—Application
31. The Malignity of Sin
32. The Madness of Sinners
33. The Misery of Sinners
34. The Folly of Pride
35. The Importance of Worship
36. The Wonder of Grace
37. Knowing God
38. Sanctifying Knowledge
39. Satisfying Knowledge
40. Saving Knowledge
41. The Means of Attaining Knowledge
42. The Motives for Attaining Knowledge
43. Praising God
44. The Motives for Praising God
45. Incomparably Blessed
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December 11, 2023
With a simplicity that masks it’s profundity, this Puritan treasure on the being, attributes, works, and words of God represents the very best in Puritan, reformed, experiential theology. George Swinnock (1627-1673) is perhaps one of the lesser known Puritans — not as famous as Watson, Baxter, or Owen. But this book (beautifully modernized by J. Stephen Yuille) is a true masterpiece. Swinnock writes with theological precision and pastoral perceptiveness. His writing style is characterized by remarkable clarity, eloquence, and cadence. He causes his readers to both see truth and feel the weight of it. Highly, highly recommended!
March 28, 2025
Read this for theology proper 101 that is warm and experiential!
September 8, 2025
this would work great as a daily devotional, 45 short chapters that call the heart to worship our incomparable God
October 15, 2025
Reading The Blessed and Boundless God has been a quiet journey of awe and surrender.
George Swinnock reminds me that God’s infiniteness is not a concept to be studied, but a reality to be adored.
Each page draws the heart upward to wonder, to repentance, to worship.
There’s a line that stayed with me: “The more we know of God, the more we are lost in Him.”
In our busy and uncertain days, this book brings me back to stillness where His vastness meets my smallness, and I find peace again.
It’s not a book to rush through. It’s one to read slowly, prayerfully, letting each sentence soften the soul. 🙏
George Swinnock reminds me that God’s infiniteness is not a concept to be studied, but a reality to be adored.
Each page draws the heart upward to wonder, to repentance, to worship.
There’s a line that stayed with me: “The more we know of God, the more we are lost in Him.”
In our busy and uncertain days, this book brings me back to stillness where His vastness meets my smallness, and I find peace again.
It’s not a book to rush through. It’s one to read slowly, prayerfully, letting each sentence soften the soul. 🙏
May 1, 2025
Excellent. 45 short chapters make this a theologically rich 45 day devotional.
October 22, 2023
Probably the most condensed, but readable, and helpful/practical book on Theology Proper that I have ever read. Each section was small, but filled with gems straight from scripture. Swinnock doesn't stop at merely describing God as some sort of mental exercise, he exhorts, applies and commends as he writes, in a way that is transformative.
Stephen Yuille in his preface probably put it best, "He views theology neither as a mere intellectual or theoretical exercise nor as a mere academic pursuit, but he sees it as the means by which we grow in acquaintance with God and, consequently, in godliness."
Some of my favorite quotes from the book were:
"God is incomparable in His work of redemption. His works of creation and providence are subordinate to this masterpiece. His attributes sparkle most glori ously in it (Ps. 102:16); His angels in heaven admire and adore Him for it (Rev. 4:10-11). It is the work of all His works, from which He reaps so much glory (Isa. 43:21)."
"God works at all times without any weariness. As there is nothing too hard for God, so there is nothing too hard to God. He does the hardest things with ease. Indeed, the great God does the greatest things with the same ease that He does the least things. It is all the same to Him."
"We perceive the size of sin to be too small when we only measure it by the wrong it does to us, our families, or our neighbors."
"Every time we willfully break God's laws, we act like a madman. We fight against God, who is stronger than millions of armies. We provoke the Almighty, who is able to wink us into hell."
"We must think of this the next time we are tempted to sin. Will this moment's pleasure compensate for the loss of God, who is eternal life-a river of unimaginable and unchangeable pleasures? Will we be so bewitched as to lose real mercies for lying vanities; the fountain of liv- ing waters for broken cisterns; the food of angels for the world's scraps; a precious soul, inestimable Savior, and incomparable God for a toy and trifle? Did anyone ever buy so dear or sell so cheap or manifest such madness?"
"Oftentimes, the more people look into the mysteries of the nature, more they forget the God of nature. They see so much of the operations of nature that they ascribe the prin- cipal efficiency to the instrument. For this reason, the wisdom of the wisest in this world is folly (1 Cor. 3:19)."
"He can give us greater things than riches, honors, friends, and relations. He can give us greater things than Sabbaths, sacraments, and seasons of grace. He can give us greater things than pardon of sin and peace of conscience. But He cannot give us anything greater than Himself. Oh how sweet are the words when we may call Him "my God"!"
"Whether God uses means or not, it is all the same to Him. He does as much when He has means as when He has none: "LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power" (2 Chron. 14:11). It does not make the least difference to Him. Whether God has few or many on His side is as insignificant as dust in the balance. God did not make the creatures because He needed them but because it was His pleasure to do so. He uses His creatures because He chooses to use them."
"God is also above our praises and blessings. What does a fountain gain if people drink its water and com- mend it rather than despise it? What would God gain if He were to make millions of worlds to magnify Him? What would God lose if there were no world at all? "Who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?" (Rom. 11:35). God has given to everyone all that they possess, but no one has ever given anything to Him. When we give Him our love, awe, and trust, we actually give Him nothing. We can give nothing to Him because we owe everything to Him. All of our giving, praising, and serving add nothing to Him. His essential glory admits no increase or decrease."
"God is an unchangeable being. He is incapable of the least alteration. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Heb. 13:8)...When God made the angels pure and holy, He loved them. Subsequently, He hated those angels who rebelled. But God did not change. When we set clay under the sun, it hardens. When we set wax under the sun, it softens. In neither case does the sun change."
"God is incomparable in His holiness. In general, the term holiness refers to an object's moral goodness or its agreement with its rule. Holiness in the creature is its conformity to the will of its Creator in the principle, rule, and end of its actions and motions. Holiness in God is that excellence of the divine nature by which He acts from Himself, for Himself, and according to His own will."
"Third, these attributes are all one in God. For example, His justice is His mercy, His wisdom is His patience, and His knowledge is His faithfulness. These attributes are distinguished in regard to their objects and effects, but they are all one in Him. They are His essence, and His essence is a pure undivided being. In humans and angels, these attributes are distinguish- able from one another, for we can have one without the other. Our righteousness is one thing, our power a second thing, and our patience a third thing. Some people have one of these attributes while lacking the others. But in God, they are all one and the same. When sunbeams shine through a yellow glass, they are yellow; when through a green glass, they are green; when through a red glass, they are red; yet all the while the sunbeams are the same. When the sun shines on clay, it hardens it; on wax, it softens it; on flowers, it draws out fragrant smells; on ditches, it draws out repugnant odors; yet it is the same sun. The difference lies in the objects..."
I keep only the best books on my "will read again" list and this book makes that list. I marked it all up and will definitely read it again.
Stephen Yuille in his preface probably put it best, "He views theology neither as a mere intellectual or theoretical exercise nor as a mere academic pursuit, but he sees it as the means by which we grow in acquaintance with God and, consequently, in godliness."
Some of my favorite quotes from the book were:
"God is incomparable in His work of redemption. His works of creation and providence are subordinate to this masterpiece. His attributes sparkle most glori ously in it (Ps. 102:16); His angels in heaven admire and adore Him for it (Rev. 4:10-11). It is the work of all His works, from which He reaps so much glory (Isa. 43:21)."
"God works at all times without any weariness. As there is nothing too hard for God, so there is nothing too hard to God. He does the hardest things with ease. Indeed, the great God does the greatest things with the same ease that He does the least things. It is all the same to Him."
"We perceive the size of sin to be too small when we only measure it by the wrong it does to us, our families, or our neighbors."
"Every time we willfully break God's laws, we act like a madman. We fight against God, who is stronger than millions of armies. We provoke the Almighty, who is able to wink us into hell."
"We must think of this the next time we are tempted to sin. Will this moment's pleasure compensate for the loss of God, who is eternal life-a river of unimaginable and unchangeable pleasures? Will we be so bewitched as to lose real mercies for lying vanities; the fountain of liv- ing waters for broken cisterns; the food of angels for the world's scraps; a precious soul, inestimable Savior, and incomparable God for a toy and trifle? Did anyone ever buy so dear or sell so cheap or manifest such madness?"
"Oftentimes, the more people look into the mysteries of the nature, more they forget the God of nature. They see so much of the operations of nature that they ascribe the prin- cipal efficiency to the instrument. For this reason, the wisdom of the wisest in this world is folly (1 Cor. 3:19)."
"He can give us greater things than riches, honors, friends, and relations. He can give us greater things than Sabbaths, sacraments, and seasons of grace. He can give us greater things than pardon of sin and peace of conscience. But He cannot give us anything greater than Himself. Oh how sweet are the words when we may call Him "my God"!"
"Whether God uses means or not, it is all the same to Him. He does as much when He has means as when He has none: "LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power" (2 Chron. 14:11). It does not make the least difference to Him. Whether God has few or many on His side is as insignificant as dust in the balance. God did not make the creatures because He needed them but because it was His pleasure to do so. He uses His creatures because He chooses to use them."
"God is also above our praises and blessings. What does a fountain gain if people drink its water and com- mend it rather than despise it? What would God gain if He were to make millions of worlds to magnify Him? What would God lose if there were no world at all? "Who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?" (Rom. 11:35). God has given to everyone all that they possess, but no one has ever given anything to Him. When we give Him our love, awe, and trust, we actually give Him nothing. We can give nothing to Him because we owe everything to Him. All of our giving, praising, and serving add nothing to Him. His essential glory admits no increase or decrease."
"God is an unchangeable being. He is incapable of the least alteration. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Heb. 13:8)...When God made the angels pure and holy, He loved them. Subsequently, He hated those angels who rebelled. But God did not change. When we set clay under the sun, it hardens. When we set wax under the sun, it softens. In neither case does the sun change."
"God is incomparable in His holiness. In general, the term holiness refers to an object's moral goodness or its agreement with its rule. Holiness in the creature is its conformity to the will of its Creator in the principle, rule, and end of its actions and motions. Holiness in God is that excellence of the divine nature by which He acts from Himself, for Himself, and according to His own will."
"Third, these attributes are all one in God. For example, His justice is His mercy, His wisdom is His patience, and His knowledge is His faithfulness. These attributes are distinguished in regard to their objects and effects, but they are all one in Him. They are His essence, and His essence is a pure undivided being. In humans and angels, these attributes are distinguish- able from one another, for we can have one without the other. Our righteousness is one thing, our power a second thing, and our patience a third thing. Some people have one of these attributes while lacking the others. But in God, they are all one and the same. When sunbeams shine through a yellow glass, they are yellow; when through a green glass, they are green; when through a red glass, they are red; yet all the while the sunbeams are the same. When the sun shines on clay, it hardens it; on wax, it softens it; on flowers, it draws out fragrant smells; on ditches, it draws out repugnant odors; yet it is the same sun. The difference lies in the objects..."
I keep only the best books on my "will read again" list and this book makes that list. I marked it all up and will definitely read it again.
June 1, 2025
This is a great introduction to the attributes of God from a classical theistic perspective. Chapters are 2 to 4 pages max. This book is best used as a devotional. I highly recommend it for those interested in getting to know the incomparable God of the Bible.
January 15, 2023
What great hope is given in this little book!
May 21, 2016
Swinnock's book is very similar to Tozer's "Knowledge of the Holy" and Pink's "Attributes of God," but with a Puritan flare. And I think it's the most compelling of the three and would be my first recommendation for those looking for a brief introduction to the doctrine of God. Swinnock's final application section absolutely soars and includes some of the best writing I have ever read. For this reason, though it's early in the year, it wouldn't surprise me if this little gem doesn't end up being one of my favorite reads of the year. Though Swinnock is certainly not the most widely read of the Puritans, his work here will move you to want to read much more of him.
November 3, 2021
A very simple meditation on the characteristics of God, his communicable and incommunicable attributes. It is written in a simple, devotional style that tackles God's incomprehensibility and how this affects us. It is 45 straightforward chapters from a 17th Century English puritan. I used it in my personal morning devotions. It is a book I recommend.
December 4, 2024
A really, really great book! Its layout reminds me of Concise Theology by J.I Packer, in that it’s a whole attribute of God taken in the most thorough, concise language and distilled to no more than 2 pages. I borrowed this book from a friend but I think I would like to purchase a copy. She’s short form reminders of who God is are such a beneficial resource.
July 27, 2025
Our God is indeed incomparable as Swinnock argues repeatedly in The Blessed and Boundless God. Swinnock explains God's attributes, works, words, and ways to apply his biblical teaching in 45 short chapters. The book is great, but it is better to read it a chapter a day for a personal devotional or family worship than to read it straight through.
August 15, 2025
This has become an instant favorite, and one I hope to reread in regular intervals. The book is a long meditation on how incomparable our God is – in his being, attributes, works, and words.
May 3, 2024
Six stars. This is an amazing little book about my incomparable God: His incomparable being, incomparable attributes, incomparable works, incomparable words. Each chapter is only 3-4 pages long, so it would be a great devotional book, and less intimidating than Charnock's Existence and Attributes of God. Besides, Swinnock writes clearly, powerfully, and beautifully.
With so many good books out there, I find it hard to read a book twice. This might be a good book to read every year.
With so many good books out there, I find it hard to read a book twice. This might be a good book to read every year.
April 24, 2023
This is the most powerful book about our amazing and glorious God I’ve ever read. It really is mind blowing and a blessing to take in how boundless and incomparable the Lord is. Praise the Lord for ever and ever🙏
November 19, 2022
One of the best books I have read on the attributes and works of God. At the end it is extremely evangelistic. As of now, this book is in my top ten.
August 12, 2025
It's funny to think that if this book had the painful turquoise cover pictured here on Goodreads as of 8-2025, I might not have given it a second look. We can't help judging book covers just a tiny bit. Alas. But it has a lovely new cover, and RHB was running a summer giveaway read-through, and I got one for almost free.
Then I read it and was nourished, fortified, and blessed.
I was also impressed by the simple system by which the editor made a dense Puritan writer accessible to modern readers - take a great Puritan treatise that otherwise might be one chapter in a 'collected works', turn each paragraph/heading point of the treatise into a separate chapter, and print it in an attractive book with short chapters of punchy titles. Boom, you've got a readable Puritan book. I think he updated the language a little bit, but it still reads like the old magisterial style. Not a trace of modern cheek.
There's nothing like straight up theology- thinking about God as God, so efforts to get writings like this out there are worthy and laudable. I need to read more books like this, because it reminded me of what is most important in the universe.
Then I read it and was nourished, fortified, and blessed.
I was also impressed by the simple system by which the editor made a dense Puritan writer accessible to modern readers - take a great Puritan treatise that otherwise might be one chapter in a 'collected works', turn each paragraph/heading point of the treatise into a separate chapter, and print it in an attractive book with short chapters of punchy titles. Boom, you've got a readable Puritan book. I think he updated the language a little bit, but it still reads like the old magisterial style. Not a trace of modern cheek.
There's nothing like straight up theology- thinking about God as God, so efforts to get writings like this out there are worthy and laudable. I need to read more books like this, because it reminded me of what is most important in the universe.
December 5, 2021
This has been one of my favorite reads in the entire year. Swinnock is marvelous. God gave him a pastoral heart, a capacious mind, and a grasp on theology along with its practical implications like few other. I heartily recommend! This book will expand one’s view of the blessed and boundless God who surpasses all other. “For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? Who among the sons of the might can be likened unto the LORD?” (Psalm 89:6).
One of the great needs of counseling is a reacquaintance with the biblical God. People are “alienated from the life of God due to the ignorance that is in them” (Eph. 4:18). Unfamiliarity with the God of the Bible leads to a life of lusts and unchecked sin. Knowledge of God, that is, true knowledge of who he is, what he is like, and all that he has done, leads to greater holiness and obedience.
This is the stuff Swinnock tackles in the introduction. He proceeds to unveil the grand vistas of God’s attributes, essence, words, and works. The result is wonder and praise at the glory of God who is the most excellent God.
One of the great needs of counseling is a reacquaintance with the biblical God. People are “alienated from the life of God due to the ignorance that is in them” (Eph. 4:18). Unfamiliarity with the God of the Bible leads to a life of lusts and unchecked sin. Knowledge of God, that is, true knowledge of who he is, what he is like, and all that he has done, leads to greater holiness and obedience.
This is the stuff Swinnock tackles in the introduction. He proceeds to unveil the grand vistas of God’s attributes, essence, words, and works. The result is wonder and praise at the glory of God who is the most excellent God.
August 25, 2024
“Gods Word can stop the tide of nature when it flows with the greatest violence, actu ally turning it in the opposite direction. Imagine a man who is in the height of his strength and in the passions of his youth. He is drinking a large draught of carnal pleasures and enjoying a full gust of sensual delights, making his life but a diversion from one pleasure to another, This man is in his best estate, the zenith of health and strength, and the meridian of his age. He convinces himself that he will live a long life, thereby giving himself the more liberty to indulge his lusts. But if God's Word comes to this man, it will make him forsake his foolish pleasures, leave his beloved lusts, and loathe himself for having loved them. It will alter his palate-what was sweet will become bitter and what was bitter will become sweet. It will change the frame of his heart; he will forsake what he previously viewed as his only happiness.”
June 30, 2025
This beautiful book is Swinnock's meditation on the "incomparable" nature of God, based on Psalm 89:6. As he says on p. 153, "If this God is so incomparable, then we must choose Him for our portion and take Him for our happiness. Is it possible to hear so much of the incomparableness of God yet not desire Him?"
Through 45 short (usually 2-3 page) chapters, Swinnock explores "God's Incomparable Being" (chs. 1-9), "God's Incomparable Attributes" (chs. 10-19), "God's Incomparable Works" (chs. 20-27), "God's Incomparable Words" (chs. 28-30), and significant "Application" of these truths (chs. 31-45).
This edition is edited for modern readers; I am unable to compare it to the original, but certainly found this edition accessible and a rich treasury of devotion and biblical truth.
Through 45 short (usually 2-3 page) chapters, Swinnock explores "God's Incomparable Being" (chs. 1-9), "God's Incomparable Attributes" (chs. 10-19), "God's Incomparable Works" (chs. 20-27), "God's Incomparable Words" (chs. 28-30), and significant "Application" of these truths (chs. 31-45).
This edition is edited for modern readers; I am unable to compare it to the original, but certainly found this edition accessible and a rich treasury of devotion and biblical truth.
January 29, 2024
“This God is the well of salvation, the Lord of life, the God of all comfort- a hive of sweetness, paradise of pleasure, and heaven of joy. He is the richest grace, dearest love, surest friend, highest honor, greatest beauty, and fullest joy. He alone can enlarge all the faculties and satisfy all the capacities of a heaven- born soul.”
A great study that reiterates and describes the excellence and incomparability of God, especially in comparison to us humans. Very humbling and a great follow up to Sproul’s “Advent of Glory.”
A great study that reiterates and describes the excellence and incomparability of God, especially in comparison to us humans. Very humbling and a great follow up to Sproul’s “Advent of Glory.”
October 7, 2025
The Blessed and Boundless God is an excellent introduction to the attributes of God for those who either are just starting to learn theology or feel like they will be overwhelmed (babies first theology proper!) Each chapter is only a couple of pages and gives concise explanations about an attribute of God. I'd highly recommend reading one chapter a day amongst your devotional time.
This was the first time I've read anything by George Swinnock, but now I see why those who have read him love his stuff. I hope to read this annually to continue to mine this little book of its precious ore.
This was the first time I've read anything by George Swinnock, but now I see why those who have read him love his stuff. I hope to read this annually to continue to mine this little book of its precious ore.
June 9, 2020
This book with updated language (and abridged) is full of such riches. It is very readable but greatly edifying. It's very compact with 45 chapters over 170 pages. This could be a good devotional as each chapter is only a few pages. Each sentence is packed with wonderful truths and doctrine. It's both simple and deep.
There's nothing more practical than a book about who God is, focussing on his incomparableness.
Highly recommend for everyone.
There's nothing more practical than a book about who God is, focussing on his incomparableness.
Highly recommend for everyone.
November 28, 2022
As an introduction to the classical attributes of God, this little book really has no rival. George Swinnock has a reputation for being the most accessible writer among the Puritans, and that really bears itself out in this book. The reader will encounter brief, cogent, and always-lucid descriptions of the divine attributes, as well as provocative, hearty, Scripturally well-grounded encouragements toward worship and application. I really can't recommend this book warmly enough.
February 20, 2024
The further I got through this one the more I had the sense I had taken the earlier parts for granted. On first reading, Part 5 is where it starts to get really good. By that point Swinnock builds his case to a truly sobering reflection on the great distance between creature and Creator. Indeed, what hope have we in heaven but God? And what other mediator is there between man and this great God, but Christ?
May 27, 2024
I think that if this were the only thing you read about God, you'd have a fairly one-sided view of him... This book is mostly stripped of the kindness, the love, and the gentleness of our God. However, what Swinnock does say is mostly quite good—even if there were a few parts I didn't care for.
If you only read Chapter 36 "The Wonder of Grace" and the final chapter, 45, "Incomparably Blessed," you'd be pretty well off.
If you only read Chapter 36 "The Wonder of Grace" and the final chapter, 45, "Incomparably Blessed," you'd be pretty well off.
December 25, 2018
The reading of this excellent book should bring comfort to the believer. Swinnock, one of the most accessible Puritans to read, lays forth both deep and high aspects of our incomparable God, so that the Christian may have much to draw from to praise and glorify Him. Granted, he does not spread out as wide as Charnock, but this book should attract more readers, as it is not as daunting.
June 5, 2023
So far this has been the most comprehensive and thorough exposition on Psalm 89:6 and the attributes of God I've ever seen. Took one verse and wrote 170 page treatise. It's not necessarily academic, it's scriptural to the core. In my opinion it's better than A.W. Pinks take which I'm going to re-read now that I have my own copy.
January 23, 2025
I read this book really slowly because it was so powerful and beautiful to me that I didn’t want to miss any of the glorious truths in here. I have been left delighting in and marveling in how boundless our God truly is and in awe that He would rescue me, a mere breath, and bring me into an eternal relationship with Him in glory. That I still cannot comprehend.
August 9, 2025
George Swinnock is an outstanding Puritan who wrote in the 1600's. He is still widely read 400 years later. This highly recommended book will wet your appetite and might encourage you to secure his 5 volume Works. May God bless you as you read your guide, Swinnock and learn more of the Blessed and Boundless God!!
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