IN 1672 an interesting book appeared from the pen of the Rev. Thomas Case who was ejected from his living in 1662. He died in 1680. It is entitled Correction, Instruction: The Rod and the Word. It is a remarkable work; full of the rich experimental and scriptural teaching that was a feature of the best Puritan preaching. Thomas Manton in a letter to the author writes: “Good sir, be persuaded to publish these discourses; the subject is useful and your manner of handling it warm and affectionate; do not deprive the world of the comfort of your experiences. Certainly my heart is none of the tenderest; yet, if heart answereth heart, I can easily foresee much success, and that you will not repent of the publication.” We hope to give extracts from it from time to time in the Magazine being mindful of what is written that—”Man is born unto trouble as the sparks fly upwards” (Job v., 7).