Genesis 17:14

We shall now consider one of the most illustrious characters set before us in the pages of Holy Writ, one who is expressly designated "the friend of God" (Jam. 2:23), and from whom Christ Himself derives one of His titles, "the son of Abraham" (Matthew 1:1). Not only was he the one from whom the fav... Read More

"And he believed in the Lord, and He counted it to him for righteousness." --Gen. 15:6. "What shall we then say that Abraham, our father as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory, but not before God. For what saith the Scripture? Abraham... Read More

Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Genesis chapter twenty-seven? Now it came to pass, when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I. And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not ... Read More

Friends,—The apostle saith, ‘I will therefore that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety, and not with broidered hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array, but as becometh women professing godliness, with good works [1 Tim 2:9f].’ 1 Tim. ii. 9, 10. And likewise P... Read More

BAPTISM: A PUBLIC ORDINANCE of Divine Worship As the first covenant, or testament, had ordinances of divine service, which are shaken, removed, and abolished; so the New Testament, or gospel dispensation, has ordinances of divine worship, which cannot be shaken, but will remain until the second comi... Read More

A Body of PRACTICAL Divinity Book 3—Chapter 1 OF BAPTISM As the first covenant, or testament, had ordinances of divine service, which are shaken, removed, and abolished; so the New Testament, or gospel dispensation, has ordinances of divine worship, which cannot be shaken, but will remain until the ... Read More

Some STRICTURES ON MR. BOSTWICK’S FAIR AND RATIONAL VINDICATION of the right of infants to the ordinance of baptism Along with Mr. Clark's Defense of the divine Right of Infant-baptism, to which what is written above is a Reply, there has been imported from America a treatise called, A fair and rati... Read More

The DIVINE RIGHT OF INFANT BAPTISM, Examined And Disproved; Being an Answer to a Pamphlet, Entitled, A brief Illustration and Confirmation of the Divine Right of Infant-Baptism. PRINTED AT BOSTON IN NEW-ENGLAND, 1746. CHAPTER 1. The Introduction, observing the Author, Title, method and occasion of w... Read More

1. Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. 1. Et addidit Abraham, et accepit uxorem, cujus nomen erat Cetura. 2. And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. 2. Et peperit ei Zimram, et Iocsan, et Medan, et Midian, et Isbah, et Suah 3. And Jok... Read More

When He had said these words unto them, He abode still in Galilee. But when His brethren had gone up, then went He up also unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret. 1. The things done by Christ after the manner of men, are not so done only to establish the Incarnation, but also to educat... Read More