What is the theme of Richard Baxter's ' The Saints's Everlasting Rest' (1650), 'Gildas Salvianus, the Reformed Pastor' (1656), and 'A Call to the Unconverted' ?

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The Saint’s Everlasting Rest (1650)

Full title : The saint's everlasting rest or A treatise on the blessed state of the saints in their enjoyment of God in Heaven.

Author : Richard Baxter (1615-1691)

Published : Written by Richard Baxter. Published in 1650.

Theme : It is a treatise based on Christian devotion and a prospective image of heaven and righteousness of humans. It was written in almost eight hundred thousand words and passed through multiple translations and editions.

Gildas Salvianus, the Reformed Pastor

Full Title : Gildas Salvianus; The Reformed Pastor (The title is taken from two early preachers who called their people to account for sin: Gildas, a monk in sixth century Britain and Salvian, who lived in fifth century Gaul and viewed the collapse of the Roman Empire as a divine judgement).

Author : Richard Baxter (1615-1691)

Published : Published in 1656.

Theme : The book focuses on the Christian Ministry by touching the themes of sin, scriptures, church etc.

A Call to the Unconverted

Full Title : A Call to the Unconverted; Now or Never.

Author : Richard Baxter (1615-1691)

Published : Published in 1658.

Theme : It is a Christian devotion literature. The book is based on the author’s love and devotion to Jesus Christ and how He is a saviour of Humanity. For Baxter, Christianity is the one and true faith upon the Earth.

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