Psalm 131:2

An Appeal To The People Of God Ezra 8. The ground upon which we stand is very much more positive at this present time than even the Old Testament saints enjoyed, for we look back to Calvary’s triumphant accomplishment. Yet the Old Testament position and condition is also a true picture of our own ti... Read More

"It was good for me to be afflicted!" Psalm 119:71 A gracious soul secretly concludes—as stars shine brightest in the night, so God will make my soul shine and glisten like gold, while I am in this furnace—and when I come out of the furnace of affliction. 'He knows the way that I take; and when He h... Read More

"Mute Christian under the Smarting Rod" or, "The Silent Soul with Sovereign Antidotes" by Thomas Brooks, 1659, London. "I was silent; I would not open my mouth, for You are the one who has done this!" Psalm 39:9 (A Christian with an Olive Leaf in his mouth, when he is under the greatest afflictions,... Read More

As for the Rabbis, the leaders of public opinion, their position towards the kingdom was quite different. Although in the rising of Bar Cochab the great Rabbi Akiba acted as the religious standard-bearer, he may be looked upon as almost an exception. His character was that of an enthusiast, his hist... Read More

Thy will be done. O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. — Not as I will, but as thou wilt. — Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child. We know not what we sh... Read More

The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those which are revealed belong unto us. Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mot... Read More

The divisions of the chapter are,—I. The rule which permits us not to go astray in the study of righteousness, requires two things, viz., that man, abandoning his own will, devote himself entirely to the service of God; whence it follows, that we must seek not our own things, but the things of God, ... Read More

The Sole Consideration, That God Is God, Sufficient To Still All Objections To His Sovereignty Psalm 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God. Dated June, 1735. THIS psalm seems to be a song of the church in a time of great revolutions and desolations in the world. Therefore the church glories in God ... Read More

Abraham, My Friend The Making of a Praying Man_52 The Heir In our previous thoughts we concentrated on the type of Father and Son in the account of Abraham and Isaac. Today I want to consider the picture of Christ we find here under the type of the Heir. Back in Genesis 15 Abraham had been anxious a... Read More

The Nature and Author of Regeneration by Samuel Davies "Marvel not that I said unto you: You must be born again." John 3:7 Those doctrines are not strange to a well-informed mind, which are most wondered at in the ignorant world. Ignorance is apt to wonder, where knowledge discovers nothing amazing ... Read More