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God's Works and Word J. R. Miller, 1912 Psalm 19 "The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge." "The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul. The statutes of the LORD are trustwor... Read More

Treasures from J.R. Miller 1840 — 1912 (choice excerpts) "If any 19th century American Christian writer warrants reprinting, it is J. R. Miller! His writing style is delightfully smooth, his insights are spiritual diamonds on every page, and his pastoral applications are delivered with the skill of ... Read More

The Excellency of Heavenly Treasures! Ezekiel Hopkins, 1633-1690 Matthew 6:19-23 "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven , where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves ... Read More

The Vanity of the World! Ezekiel Hopkins, 1663 "Vanity of Vanities, says the Preacher. Vanity of Vanities, all is Vanity!" Ecclesiastes 1:2 The Preacher here mentioned, is no less a person than King Solomon—and this whole book is no other than his Recantation Sermon. The text he preached on, is the ... Read More

Temptation and Deliverance, or Joseph's Great Temptation and Glorious Deliverance Jonathan Edwards , 1738 "And he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out." Genesis 39:12 Subject: 'Tis our duty not only to avoid those things that are themselves sinful, but also, as far as may be, thos... Read More

Motives for a holy and careful education of children By Richard Baxter "Bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord." (Ephesians 6:4) "Do not withhold correction from a child, for if you beat him with the rod, he will not die. You shall beat him with the rod, and shall deliver his soul... Read More

Directions for Governing the Appetite Or, Directions against Gluttony Richard Baxter, 1615-1691 The most that is necessary to be said to acquaint you with the nature and evil of this sin, is said before in my chapter, The Sinfulness of Flesh-Pleasing . But something more particularly must be said: 1... Read More

WEALTH! Timothy Shay Arthur, 1856 "For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin... Read More

Blessed are the poor in spirit. Matthew 5:3 Having done with the occasion, I come now to the sermon itself. Blessed are the poor in spirit'. Christ does not begin his Sermon on the Mount as the Law was delivered on the mount, with commands and threatenings, the trumpet sounding, the fire flaming, th... Read More

Use V. Containing a Christian Directory, or Rules about Contentment. I proceed now to an use of direction, to show Christians how they may attain to this divine art of contentation. Certainly it is feasible, others of God's saints have reached to it. St Paul here had it; and what do we think of thos... Read More