In 1 Corinthians 12:10, as Paul is continuing the list of the manifestations of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer, he speaks about how the Spirit divides to each one of us severally as He wills of those gifts or manifestations. In verse 10 he said, "To another the working of miracles." We ... Read More
2Chron 29-32; Is 37-39 What is better, to start well and end badly or to start badly, but end well? It is terrible to start well and end bad. In these chapters we read of king Hezekiah, who was 25 years old when he became king. He did well in God's sight according to all that his father David had do... Read More
A Body of PRACTICAL Divinity Book 1—Chapter 13 OF THANKFULNESS TO GOD Thankfulness follows contentment: a discontented man is not thankful for anything; but a contented man is thankful for everything. Thankfulness is a branch of godliness; none but a godly man is truly a thankful man: there are some... 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 1—Chapter 22 OF THE VERACITY OF GOD. The apostle says, "Let God be true, and every man a liar", (Rom. 3:4) this must be affirmed of him, whatever is said of creatures, he is true and truth itself. 1. God is true in and of himself: this epithet, or attribute, is expr... Read More
And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer; and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob. For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. --Paul the Apostle And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from trans... Read More
A PREFACE, OR BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE PUBLISHING OF THIS WORK, WRITTEN BY THE AUTHOR THEREOF, AND DEDICATED TO THOSE WHOM GOD HATH COUNTED HIM WORTHY TO BEGET TO FAITH, BY HIS MINISTRY IN THE WORD. Children, grace be with you, Amen. I being taken from you in presence, and so tied up, that I cannot perf... Read More
Here we have another instance of how the greatest truths are brought into connection with commonplace subjects. Here is a question, whether a woman is to have a covering on or not. The whole ordering of God is brought in to say whether a woman is to wear a cap on her head (v. 3-16). It was the custo... Read More
WILDERNESS GRACE Exodus 17 Those who are familiar with the study of this part of scripture will remember that the history of Israel from the Red Sea to Sinai (that is, from the time of their deliverance out of Egypt until they placed themselves under law) contains an exceedingly remarkable testimony... Read More
Wicked Men Of The Past Are Still In Hell (Dated June, 1749) 1 Peter 3:19, 20 By which also he went and preached to the spirits in prison, etc... Two things it is my present purpose to observe concerning the spirits or souls of those wicked men that Noah preached to... 1. How long ago they lived. 2. ... Read More
The Gift of Miracles
Ending well
Of Thankfulness to God.
Of the Burial of Christ.
Of the Veracity of God.
The Puritan Illusion - Part Two
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners - Preface
1 Corinthians 11
Wilderness Grace
Wicked Men of the Past are Still in Hell