Isaiah 31

Anne Dutton's Letters on Spiritual Subjects Dear Sister, Grace unto you, and peace be multiplied, from God our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, by the blessed Comforter. I understand that you are exercised both with affliction of body and darkness of soul, and I sympathize with you herein. But thi... Read More

Comfort for the Church by Thomas Watson "God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved." Psalm 46:5 Solomon said, "A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver," Proverbs 25:11. In which regard I have made choice of this Scripture, which may be a word in season to revive the... Read More

The Destruction of Dagon! Arthur Pink, 1943 The opening chapters of the first book of Samuel bring before us some sad incidents, making evident the deplorable condition into which the favored Nation had fallen, for they treat of a portion of that time covered by the Book of Judges, when "in those da... Read More

Invitation to Backsliders William Nicholson, 1862 "Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God. Your sins have been your downfall! Take words with you and return to the LORD. Say to him: 'Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the fruit of our lips. Assyria cannot save us; we w... Read More

The Four Looks! George Everard, 1882 "Looking unto Jesus!" Hebrews 12:2 Four precious promises embrace the whole field of God's bounty and goodness to His people. The Four "Alls" touch our need on every side. 1. Conscience is satisfied through "the blood that cleanses from all sin." 2. Our manifold ... Read More

The Excellency Of Christ Jonathan Edwards , August 1736 Then one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals." Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the cent... Read More

And God spake all these words, saying, I am the LORD thy God,' &c. Exod 20: 1, 2. What is the preface to the Ten Commandments? The preface to the Ten Commandments is, I am the Lord thy God.' The preface to the preface is, God spake all these words, saying,' &c. This is like the sounding of a trumpet... Read More

The next attribute is God's justice. All God's attributes are identical, and are the same with his essence. Though he has several attributes whereby he is made known to us, yet he has but one essence. A cedar tree may have several branches, yet it is but one cedar. So there are several attributes of... Read More

Direction Second. The nature of the War, and character of the Assailants. 'For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places' (Eph. 6:12). The Words are coupled to the prece... Read More

PREACHED AT ZION CHAPEL, TROWBRIDGE OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, 1834 "The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." (2 Peter 3. 9.) In the religious world there is a ... Read More