Written in the final weeks of his own life, Puritan Richard Baxter has written the most searching, personal examination of the soul, for any person who feels the tension the Apostle Paul spoke of when he wrote in Philippians that he felt very much pulled in two directions – having a desire to remain in this world and labor on, for others, or a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better (Phil. 1:23).

Richard Baxter wrestles openly, before the reader, with his own doubts and fears, anxious to prepare his soul as he faces eternity.