Christ Dwelling in the Heart by Faith
Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, on Thursday Evening, September 26, 1867
"That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be f ...read
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Christ Jesus the Lord Received and Walked in
Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, on Lord's Day Morning, Nov. 11, 1860
"As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving." Colossians 2:6, 7
If ever there was one who loved the Lord Jesus Christ an ...read
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Christ the Friend and Surety of His Poor
A Sermon Preached on Wednesday Evening, July 8, 1840, by J. C. Philpot at Artillery Street Chapel, Bishopsgate Street, on behalf of the Aged Pilgrims' Friend Society
"For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul. "Psalm 109:31
The grand truths of the Gospel are revealed as with a ray of light in ...read
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Christ the Passover of His People
Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, on Thursday Evening, November 18, 1858
"Purge out, therefore, the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us. Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened ...read
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Christ's Resurrection the Standard and Measure of the Church's Regeneration
Preached at Providence Chapel, Oakham, on Lord's Day Afternoon, September 16, 1867
"And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places." Ephesians 1:19, 20
Man ...read
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Coming and Singing in the Height of Zion
Preached at Gower Street Chapel, London, on Lord's Day Evening, July 28, 1867
"Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden, and they shall not sorrow a ...read
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Coming up from the Wilderness
Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, on Lord's Day Afternoon, Oct. 18, 1857
"Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved?" Solomon's Song 8:5
The Song of Solomon is altogether a spiritual book--as spiritual, because as much inspired by the Holy Ghost, as any other portion of the sacred volume. It is true that ...read
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Confiding Trust and Patient Submission
Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, on Lord's Day Morning, Sept. 19, 1858
"Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy; when I fall I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me. I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will brin ...read
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Crucifixion with Christ
Preached at the North Street Chapel, Stamford, on Lord's Day Morning, August 19, 1860
"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me." Gal. 2:20
The cross of our Lord Jesus Christ is the ...read
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Death and Resurrection, or Spiritual Convictions and Heavenly Affections
Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, on Lord's Day Morning, June 27, 1858*
* In consequence of Mr. Philpot's temporary indisposition preventing him from preaching during a part of the Spring of 1864, the Publisher (Mr. J. Ford) has been obliged for the last and the present No. to have recourse to those Sermons which he took down from his li ...read
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Deliverance from Death into the Light of the Living
Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, on Lord's Day Morning, May 13, 1860
"For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?" Psalm 56:13
The Psalms are a blessed manual of Christian experience, and well may I call them so; for I think I may confid ...read
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Deliverance from this Present Evil World
Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, on Lord's Day Morning, October 13, 1861
"Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father. To whom be glory for ever and ever, Amen." Galatians 1:4, 5
What an amount of sorrow and misery beyond all calculation, and indeed ...read
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Divine Arithmetic
Preached at Zoar Chapel, Great Alie Street, London, on Lord's Day Morning, August 3, 1845
"My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations: knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing." James 1:2, 3, 4
This Epistle was ...read
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Divine Enlargement and Spiritual Obedience
Preached at Zoar Chapel, Great Alie Street, London, on Lord's Day Morning, August 10, 1845
"I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart." Psalm 119:32
I was endeavouring to show on Thursday evening a connection between the precept and the promise; and I observed that, whenever the precept and the promise are linked ...read
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Divine Husbandry
Preached at Zoar Chapel, Great Alie Street, London, on Thursday Evening, August 14, 1845
"Thou visiteth the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: th ...read
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Divine Omnipotence, or Is Anything Too Hard for the Lord?
Preached at Providence Chapel, Oakham, on Lord's Day Afternoon, July 4, 1869
"Is anything too hard for the Lord?" Gen. 18:14
The doubts and fears to which God's people are subject are very different from the obstinate, persistent unbelief of the ungodly. The very term indeed itself shows that there is a vital and radical difference between them ...read
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Divine Separation
Preached at Eden Street Chapel, Hampstead Road, London, on Lord's Day Morning, 13th August, 1843
"For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth." Exodus 33:16
I think ...read
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Doing the Will of God
Preached at Providence Chapel, Eden Street, London, on Lord's Day Evening, July 25, 1847
"For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise." Hebrews 10:36
Man's ways and God's ways differ in well nigh every respect. Man's ways are hastily planned, and for the most part imperfectly executed: Go ...read
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Encouragement to Prayer
Preached on December 20th, 1846. The place where this sermon was preached is not recorded.
"Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted ...read
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Entering into Rest
Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, on Lord's Day Evening, July 15, 1869 (A Posthumous Sermon.)
"Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it." Hebrews 4:1
The word of God is not only full of promises and blessings, but full also of admonitions, warnings, remon ...read
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