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PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY Part 3: Authority in Christian Practice Chapter 11 PRIVATE JUDGMENT It is our present design to treat of the right, the necessity and the duty of each person freely to exercise his reason, conscience and will, especially in matters pertaining to his soul. Every man has the rig... Read More

"Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling." In further consideration of the connection of this prayer, the following question is crucial: who are the ones that the Lord Jesus thus preserves? Not everyone who professes to believe and to be a follower of His, as is clear from the case of Jud... Read More

"He that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin" --Romans 14:23. It was a custom among the idolatrous heathen to offer the bodies of beasts in sacrifice. A part of every beast that was offered belonged to the priest. The priests used to se... Read More

And Abraham was old, and well-stricken in age: and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things. And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh (Gen 24:1-2): So Abraham is now seeking to extract a promise from the serva... Read More

A Body of PRACTICAL Divinity Book 1—Chapter 23 OF A GOOD CONSCIENCE The exercise of a good conscience is a branch of internal religion, and is concerned with the worship of God; God is to be "served with a pure conscience" (2 Tim. 1:3). And it has to do not only with things natural and legal, accusi... Read More

A Body of PRACTICAL Divinity Book 1—Chapter 6 OF FAITH IN GOD AND IN CHRIST Faith is another branch of inward experimental religion and godliness, for "with the heart man believeth unto righteousness"; and of internal worship, and without which external worship cannot be performed in a manner accept... Read More

A Body of Doctrinal Divinity Book 7—Chapter 9 OF THE LAST AND GENERAL JUDGMENT With respect to the last and general judgment, the things to be considered are, 1. The proof of a general judgment: and it may be observed, that there will be a judgment of men in a future state; which is twofold. 1a. A p... Read More

A Body of Doctrinal Divinity Book 6—Chapter 10 OF THE LIBERTY OF THE SONS OF GOD Among the several effects, or privileges of adoption, liberty is one, and a principal one; and requires to be treated of particularly and distinctly. "Then are the children free", as our Lord says in another case; such ... Read More

Setting good habits for ourselves and being disciplined in our lives are good. But it is not good to become a slave to that sort of disciplined life. The Pharisees were very disciplined people. They fasted. They prayed regularly. They studied the Scriptures. And they were also bound by their traditi... Read More

CHRIST THE HEAD A second truth to which the local church should be a witness is that Christ is the Head of the body. How can believers testify to this fact today? Obviously they must accept no human leader as head of the Church. The most glaring violation of this is the head of a large religious sys... Read More