God's Method of Answering Prayer
Preached at Zoar Chapel, Great Alie Street, London, on Thursday Evening, June 10th, 1841
"He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honour him; with long life will I satisfy him, and show him My salvation." Psalm 91:15, 16
It is thought by some, to be a great mark of spirituality of mind ...read
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Gospel Fruit the Test of Genuine Discipleship
Preached on Tuesday Evening, October 31st, 1854, at Oakham, Rutland
"Herein is My Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be My disciples." John 15:8
Why does the farmer, at this season of the year, cast into the bosom of the earth so much valuable corn? That at harvest time he may reap a crop. Why does the gardener now transplan ...read
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Grace in its Fountain and in its Streams
Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, on Lord's Day Morning, March 21, 1858
"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen." Philemon, 25
What a mercy--a mercy beyond all expression, and indeed all conception, it is to have a religion which will take us to heaven; which will not leave us in the agony of death, but will be wi ...read
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Grace Superabounding over the Aboundings of Sin
Preached at Zoar Chapel, Great Alie Street, London, on Lord's Day Morning, July 9, 1843
"But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound; that as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 5:20, 21
The origin of evil has puzzled and baffled the acutest mind ...read
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Gracious Attractions and Heavenly Banquetings
Preached at Gower Street Chapel, London, on Lord's Day Morning, May 21, 1865
"I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them." Hosea 11:4
Before I enter into the spiritual and experimental meaning of my text, I shall endeavour to show its connection ...read
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Gracious Dealings and Perverse Requitals
Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, on Lord's Day Morning, August 30, 1863
"In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. But they rebelled, and vexed his Holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be the ...read
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Growing up into Christ in all Things
Preached at Gower Street Chapel, London, on Lord's Day Morning, August 3rd, 1856
"That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; but speaking the truth in love, may grow up into Him in all things, which is ...read
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Heavenly Attraction and Spiritual Obedience
Preached on Thursday Evening, July 7th, 1842, at Zoar Chapel, Great Alie Street, London
"Draw me; we will run after Thee." Sol. Song 1:4
A pestilent doctrine has lately been imported into this country from Germany, that this blessed book--the Song of Solomon--is not of divine inspiration, and that it ought therefore to be expunged from the cano ...read
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Heavenly Buying
Preached at Zoar Chapel, Great Alie Street, London, on Lord's Day Evening, August 3, 1846
"Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked; I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and whit ...read
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Heavenly Gifts to Victorious Saints
Preached at Eden Street Chapel, Hampstead Road, London, on Lord's Day Evening, August 30, 1846
"To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it." Revelation 2:17
I do not know a more striking or more deeply impor ...read
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Heavenly Realities and Divine Certainties
Preached at Providence Chapel, Oakham, on Lord's Day Morning, June, 11, 1865
"And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true. even in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God. And eternal life." 1 John 5:20
There is a reality in true religion, and ...read
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Heavenly Teaching
Preached at Zoar Chapel, Great Alie Street, London, on Lord's Day Morning, August 6, 1843
"All thy children shall be taught of the Lord." Isaiah 54:13
The full extent of the "spiritual blessings" wherewith God has blessed the church in "heavenly places in Christ" can never be thoroughly known in this time-state. It is only when the ransomed of ...read
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Heavenly Treasure in Earthen Vessels - 1844
Preached at Zoar Chapel, Great Alie Street, London, on Thursday Evening, August 15, 1844
"But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us." 2 Cor. 4:7
How different is the estimate that faith makes of riches, honours, and comforts from that made by the world and the flesh! The world ha ...read
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Heavenly Treasure in Earthen Vessels - 1863
Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, on Lord's Day Morning, Nov. 8, 1863
"For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and ...read
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The Abiding Comforter
Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, on Lord's Day Morning, November 14th, 1858
"And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him: but ye know Him: for He dwelleth with you, and sh ...read
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The Abounding of Love in Knowledge and Experience
Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, on Lord's Day Morning, Oct. 11, 1863
"And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; that ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are ...read
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The Accuser of the Brethren Cast Down and Overcome - 1860
Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, on Lord's Day Morning, May 27, 1860
"And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood ...read
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The Accuser of the Brethren Overcome and Cast Down - 1852
Preached on Lord's Day Morning, August 15, 1852, at Eden Street Chapel, Hampstead Road
"And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven. Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ; for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by t ...read
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The Afflicted Remnant and Their Confiding Trust
Preached at Zoar Chapel, Great Alie Street. London, on Lord's Day Morning, July 6, 1845
"I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the Lord." Zeph. 3:12
Jerusalem was the centre of the worship of the only true God from the day that David brought thither the ark (2 Sam. 6) until sh ...read
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The Anchor within the Veil
Preached at Providence Chapel, Eden Street, London, on Lord's Day Morning, August 17, 1845
"That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which ...read
J.C. Philpot