A Lifting Up for the Downcast

In A Lifting Up for the Downcast, Puritan preacher William Bridge offers a profound exploration of spiritual depression through thirteen powerful sermons on Psalm 42:11, originally delivered in Stepney, London, in 1648. As a true physician of souls, Bridge skillfully diagnoses the heart's deepest afflictions, addressing the struggles that believers face, including great sins, weak grace, failure in duties, lack of assurance, temptation, desertion, and affliction.

Bridge's insights are timeless; the causes of spiritual discouragement he identifies resonate just as deeply with twenty-first-century Christians as they did with those from past generations. But he doesn't stop at diagnosis. With compassion and clarity, Bridge provides practical directions for applying the remedy, ensuring that readers not only understand their struggles but also find a pathway to hope and renewal.

For anyone feeling weighed down by despair, A Lifting Up for the Downcast is an essential companion, offering encouragement and guidance to uplift the spirit and restore the joy of salvation.

1. Opening Credits
2. To the Reader
3. Sermon 1: The Good Man’s Peace
4. Sermon 2: True Peace May Be Interrupted
5. Sermon 3: Saints Should Not Be Discouraged Whatever Their Condition Be
6. Sermon 4: A Lifting up in Case of Great Sins
7. Sermon 5: A Lifting up in Case of Weak Grace
8. Sermon 6: A Lifting up in Case of Miscarriage of Duties
9. Sermon 7: A Lifting up in the Want of Assurance
10. Sermon 8: A Lifting up in Case of Temptation
11. Sermon 9: A Lifting up in Case of Desertion
12. Sermon 10: A Lifting up Incase of Affliction
13. Sermon 11: A Lifting up in Case of Unserviceableness
14. Sermon 12: A Lifting up in Case of Discouragements Drawn From the Condition Itself
15. Sermon 13: The Cure of Discouragements by Faith in Jesus the Cure of Discouragements by Faith in Jesus Christ
16. Closing Credits