Self-Examination in Reformed Practical Theology
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I have read a lot of the Puritans and those that follow them and have as a result I do practice a lot more self examination. However, I have not found in my reading that this was necessarily a major topic for them. On the other hand I tend to find it threaded throughout their works in a more natural way. It was simply a part of the Christian life for them. There are however some specific works on the topic which Kazark has noted in his answer.
Among the Puritans I have personally found that the writings of Jeremiah Burroughs, Jonathan Edwards and Thomas Watson have had the greatest effect in driving me to self examination. Particularly Burrough's Gospel Fear and Gospel Conversation.
The Puritans would have looked to the self examination of Paul Phil 3:12 and his exhortation to the Corinthians to do the same 2 Cor 13:5 as well as other passages.
Their view of examination tends to be an encouragement with two prongs. First examine your heart. Do you love Christ. More specifically do you love the Christ of the Bible. Do you love the God who is both a consuming fire who will eternally damn sinners in hell as well as the loving Father who will save his Children from their well deserved fate.
Second, examine your actions. Does this love of God break forth in acts of love to the brethren, to the needy, and to all our neighbors.
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So far I have found the following works, but have not had time to study them:
- The address on self-examination in Discourses Suited to the Administration of the Lord's Supper by John Brown
- The Necessity of Self-Examination by Jonathan Edwards (apparently in audio form here)
- Practical Religion by J. C. Ryle
I also found these sermons, but have not studied them yet either:
- One by Joel Beeke, who has saturated himself in the Puritans.
- A series which seems to be about Richard Baxter's treatment of self-examination, by a man I'm unfamiliar with
- One by Charles Spurgeon, a Reformed Baptist with close affinities to the Puritans (this is a transcript)
I also intend to look up the relevant passages in Calvin's Institutes, his commentaries, and John Gill's and Matthew Henry's commentaries. I intend to report further...
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