David Dickson
Naphtali Press
Hardback
317 pages

This rare, never-before published volume powerfully expounds a neglected book of Scripture. David Dickson carefully applies Lamentations in a time not only of epidemic disease, international turmoil, economic devastation, and persecution but also of revival. There are clear parallels with our own time, particularly the unprecedented circumstances of upheaval in the nations of the world. Dickson also deals with church decline and argues that its afflictions should cause us the greatest sorrow. Yet he also shows how Lamentations gives those with such heavy hearts words with which to sorrow in hope. This edition has been carefully produced from notes taken by a member of Dickson's congregation.

David Dickson (c.1583-1662) was one of the significant ministers and theologians of the Second Reformation period in Scotland and played a key role in the events leading to the signing of the national covenant. He served as minister at Irvine in Ayrshire and professor of theology at both Edinburgh and Glasgow. His commentaries continue to be highly prized for concise insight and application. His preaching was marked by similar powerful exposition and he was considered the greatest gospel minister in Scotland at the time.