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Forty Scripture Directions John Willison, 1680-1750 1. Never let the world come into God's place. (1 John 2:15) 2. Keep up the same opinion now of things of the world, that you will have when you come to die. (Matthew 16:26) 3. Be not strangers to yourselves , but often commune with your own hearts.... Read More

A Guide to Eternal Glory! Brief Directions How to Attain a True and Saving Interest in Christ Thomas Wilcox, 1622-1687 INTRODUCTION Christian Reader, I find in this latter day, the love of God shining in some measure with its pleasant beams in my heart, warming my affections, inflaming my soul, not ... Read More

The Present and Future Rest of True Believers by John Newton "Come to Me, all of you who are weary and heavy burdened—and I will give you rest !" Matthew 11:28 The learned have a variety of arguments whereby to prove the Scripture to be the Word of God. But though that kind of proof, which may be br... Read More

Eternity! (New England Tract Society, 1820) 1. Eternity! You are rushing toward it! Eternity! What is it? Who can explain it? Who can comprehend it? Eternity is duration without limits. Properly speaking, that only is eternal which has neither beginning nor end. In this sense, only God is eternal. T... Read More

Convictions and Teachings George Muller (1805-1898) FAITH A Common Faith (1842) I desire that all the children of God, who may read these details, may thereby be led to increased and more simple confidence in God for everything which they may need under any circumstances , and that these many answer... Read More

A Door Unto Everlasting Life, Containing Several Arguments For Leaving Sin and Living Holily by Andrew Gray (1634—1656) Reader, I have always thought that good books (being silent teachers of goodness) are the best part of a man's furniture in his house, and the choicest goods of a country. Yet, man... Read More

Hermeneutics - A Guide To Basic Bible Interpretation By Darryl Erkel I. Introduction 1. This study is a basic survey of Biblical interpretation and is not intended to be exhaustive. It has been designed for the average or beginning Bible student and, therefore, some matters of a more advanced nature... Read More

Anne Dutton's Letters on Spiritual Subjects My Dear Brother, The present state is a state of trial to all God's people. Troubles of various kinds, from within and without, like rolling waves, come thick, one as it were upon the neck of another. But yet, though in the world we have, we shall have tro... Read More

How we should eye ETERNITY, that it may have its due influence upon us in all we do Thomas Doolittle, 1630-1707 "So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." 2 Corinthians 4:18 Eternal! What a sound does this word "eter... Read More

A Discourse on Afflictions Stephen Charnock, 1628-1680 Hebrews 12:5-11 "You have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: 'My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD, nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him; for whom the LORD loves He chastens, and scourges every son w... Read More