Eternal Life a Grace and a Gift
Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, on Lord's Day Morning, June 26th, 1859
"As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. "And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent." John 17:2,3
The high priest under the l ...read
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Everlasting Consolation and Good Hope through Grace
Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, on Lord's Day Morning, April 27, 1862
"Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation, and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work." 2 Thess. 2:16, 17
Have you ever sought to e ...read
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Every Man's Work to be Tried with Fire
Preached at Gower Street Chapel, London, on Lord's Day Evening, July 21, 1867
"Now if any man build upon this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is." 1 Cor ...read
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Evidences Sealed and Open
Preached at Providence Chapel, Croydon, on Lord's Day Morning, June 6, 1869
"Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days." Jeremiah 32:14
As it will be my aim and ob ...read
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Faith and a Good Conscience
Preached on Lord's Day Evening, July 4, 1841 at Zoar Chapel, Great Alie Street, White Chapel
"That thou by them mightest war a good warfare; holding faith and a good conscience, which some having put away, concerning faith have made shipwreck." 1Timothy 1:18, 19
I have been frequently led to admire, and I trust, not only to admire, but to feel ...read
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Faith and Spiritual Baptism of God's Children
Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, on Lord's Day Morning, February 23, 1859
"For ye are all the children of God, by faith in Christ Jesus; for as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ." Gal. 3:26, 27
I wish I could say so. Looking around upon this congregation this morning, would to God I could say with any re ...read
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Faith, Hope, and Love
Preached at Providence Chapel, Eden Street, London, on Tuesday Evening, August 25, 1846
"Your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope." 1 Thessalonians 1:3
I cannot but admire the affection and tenderness that breathe through the epistles of the Apostle Paul; and especially in those to the church of God at Thessalonica. Largely ...read
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Faithful and Just to Forgive
Preached at Providence Chapel, Oakham, on Tuesday evening, June 24th, 1845
"If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" 1 John 1:8, 9
In the text John puts two conditional cases; and by them ad ...read
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Faithfulness unto Death
Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, on Lord's Day Morning, Dec. 8, 1861
"Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried: and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life." Rev. 2:10
These words which, as ...read
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Fellow Citizens with the Saints, and of the Household of God
Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford. on Lord's Day afternoon, December 13, 1857
"Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone." Ephesians 2:19, 20
I a ...read
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Fellowship with the Son of God
Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, on Lord's Day Afternoon, November 13, 1859
"God is faithful, by whom ye were called into the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord." 1 Cor. 1:9
We live in a world of change. The very declining season of the year; the shortening days, the long dark nights, the withered leaves rustling under out fe ...read
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Filth and Blood Purged by the Spirit of Judgment and the Spirit of Burning
Preached at Providence Chapel, Oakham, on Lord's Day Morning, July 4, 1869
"When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning. And the Lord will create upon every dwelling-place of Mount Zion, and upon ...read
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Following on to Know the Lord - 1841
Preached at Allington, near Devizes, on Lord's Day Afternoon, September 19, 1841
"Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: His going forth is prepared as the morning; and He shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth." Hosea 6:3
Before I enter into the spiritual meaning of these words it will be ne ...read
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Following on to Know the Lord - 1865
Preached at Providence Chapel, West Street, Croydon, Lord's Day morning, April 16th, 1865
"Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD; his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth" Hosea 6:3
I was speaking, in my exposition of Hosea 5 this morning, of t ...read
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Four Links in the Chain of Grace
Preached at Trinity Chapel, Trinity St., Southwark, on Thursday Evening, August 1, 1850
"These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season. That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thy hand, they are filled with good. Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to ...read
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Genuine Discipleship
A Sermon preached on Tuesday Evening, August 1, 1843, at Jewry Street Chapel, Aldgate, on behalf of the Aged Pilgrims' Friend Society
"Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." John 8:31,32
There is one feature ...read
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Getting and Losing
Preached at Zoar Chapel, Great Alie Street, London, on Thursday Evening, August 6, 1846
"A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away." Ecclesiastes 3:6
The blessed Spirit saw fit under the old dispensation to make much use of proverbs and aphorisms; and there seems to be in that mode of instruction something pecul ...read
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Gifts for the Rebellious
Preached at Eden Street Chapel, Hampstead Road. London, on Lord's Day Morning, August 18, 1844
"Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men: yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them." Psalm 68:18
The doctrines of grace are of no benefit to us, as individuals, withou ...read
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God and the Word of His Grace the Church's Only Safeguard
Preached at Providence Chapel, Oakham, on Tuesday Evening, Oct. 4, 1864
"And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified." Acts 20:32
In the commencement of my discourse this morning, I mentioned the number of years during wh ...read
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God the Great Teacher and Leader of His People
Preached at Providence Chapel, Oakham, Tuesday April 18th, 1864
"Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day" Psa.25:4, 5
There is one feature in true religion perhaps not much insisted upon, but not the less real and genuine; which is this ...read
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