1 Corinthians 12:7 says, But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. If the Spirit of God is dwelling in your life, it will be manifested in many different ways. We have discussed how having the Holy Spirit in you is distinct and separate from having the Holy Spirit o... Read More
All you that are believers in the light of Christ, which manifesteth darkness, ye are kept by the power of God unto the day of salvation [1 Pet 1:5]. So, though your salvation is not yet completed, yet you have your keeper, the power of God, which neither slumbers nor sleeps [Psa 121:4; cf Mat 25:5]... Read More
Concerning the government of Christ, and his peace, ‘of the increase of which there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment, and justice, from henceforth and for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this [Isa 9:7].’ ... Read More
Ver. 14. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ,.... For being called by his name; for bearing the name of Christians; for believing in him, and professing him; and for the sake of his Gospel, which is sometimes called his name, Ac 9:15 not that the apostle makes any doubt of this, for nothing i... Read More
A DISCOURSE ON PRAYER. 1 CORINTHIANS 14:15; former Part. What is it then ? I will pray the Spirit, and will pray with the understanding also. The design of this epistle is chiefly to reprove the Church at Corinth for the divisions and contentions, which were there fomented and kept up on account of ... Read More
The Prophecies Respecting the Messiah CHAPTER XII. Concerning the Ascension of the Messiah to Heaven, his session at God’s right hand, and second coming to judgment. That the Messiah was to suffer death, and rise again from the dead, according to the prophecies of the Old Testament, I have endeavore... Read More
The Prophecies Respecting the Messiah CHAPTER XIII. Concerning the magnificent and august names and titles of the Messiah in the Old Testament. I thought to have concluded this account of the prophecies of the Old Testament, respecting the Messiah, with the preceding chapter; but observing some prop... Read More
A Body of PRACTICAL Divinity Book 1—Chapter 18 OF CHRISTIAN FORTITUDE Though saints are to be humble, self-denying, submissive to the will of God, and patient towards all men, and in all things; yet they are not to indulge to pusillanimity and to a meanness of spirit; but to show firmness of mind, r... Read More
A Body of Doctrinal Divinity Book 5—Chapter 5 OF THE BURIAL OF CHRIST The last degree of Christ’s humiliation, and which it ended in, is his burial, or his being laid in the grave; where he continued under the dominion of death for a time. This is one of the articles of the Christian faith, "that he... Read More
A Body of Doctrinal Divinity Book 2—Chapter 6 OF THE EVERLASTING COUNCIL BETWEEN THE THREE DIVINE PERSONS, CONCERNING THE SALVATION OF MEN. Having treated of the internal and immanent acts in the divine mind, and which are eternal; I shall next consider the operations and transactions among the thre... Read More
The Word of Wisdom
Epistle 265
Epistle 372
1 Peter 4:14
A Discourse on Prayer.
Concerning the Ascension of the Messiah to Heaven.
Concerning the Magnificent and August Names and Titles of the Messiah in the Old Testament.
Of Christian Fortitude.
Of the Burial of Christ.
Of the Everlasting Council Between the Three Divine Persons, Concerning the Salvation of Men.