The Faithful Minister of Christ Crowned
Occasioned by the Death of
Mr. William Anderson,
Baptist Minister.
Preached September 20, 1767.
2 TIMOTHY 4:6, 7
I have fought a (or the) good fight, I have finished my (the) course, I have kept the faith: henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day; and not u ...read
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The Free Grace of God Exalted in the Character of the Apostle Paul
Occasioned by the Death of Mr. John Brine,
Baptist Minister.
Preached at St. Albans, Hertfordshire,
May 26, 1765.
But by the grace of God, I am what I am. --1 Corinthians 15:10
The apostle is treating in the context of the important doctrine of the resurrection of Christ from the dead: he asserts, that he rose again the third day accor ...read
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The Fullness of the Mediator
A Sermon,
Preached June 15, 1736, to the Society that support the
Lord's-day Evening Lecture, Near Devonshire-Square
COLOSSIANS 1:19
For it pleased the Father, that in him should all fullness dwell.
The apostle, after his usual salutation to the church at Colosse, with a great deal of pleasure, takes notice of their faith in Christ, and ...read
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The Glorious State of the Saints in Heaven
A Sermon,
Preached at a Wednesday's Evening Lecture,
in
GREAT EAST-CHEAP, Dec. 31, 1755.
PSALM 84:11
The Lord will give Grace and Glory.
The only word in this passage I shall insist upon, is Glory; by which I understand the glorious and happy state of the saints after death, the fruit f divine grace, freely given them of the Lord.
I ...read
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The Glory of God's Grace Displayed in its Abounding Over the Aboundings of Sin
Occasioned by the Death of Mr. John Smith,
Preached at the Time of his Interment,
April 15, 1724.
Moreover, the law entered, that the office might abound: 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 -- Rom ...read
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The Glory of the Church in the Latter Day
A SERMON,
Preached at a Wednesday's Evening Lecture,
in
GREAT EAST-CHEAP, Dec. 27, 1752.
Psalm 87:3
Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God! Selah.
Some think this psalm was written by David, under a prophetic view of the temple to be built by his son Solomon; others, that it was composed by one that returned from the Babyloni ...read
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The Head of the Serpent Bruised by the Seed of the Woman
Occasioned By The Death Of Mrs. Martha Gifford,
Late Wife Of The Reverend Mr. Andrew Gifford,
Preached January 14, 1733.
GENESIS 3:15.
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: It Shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
THIS book of Genesis is, in order, the first of the inspire ...read
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The Infinite Condescension of Jehovah, Manifested in Dwelling on the Earth
1 KINGS 8:27.
But will God indeed dwell on the Earth?
Solomon, having finished the building of the temple, and placed all the vessels thereof in their proper situation, the Lord took up his residence therein; which was signified by the cloud filling the temple, a symbol of the glorious presence of God; and Solomon observes upon it, the Lord h ...read
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The Law Established by the Gospel
A Sermon,
Preached March 22, 1739, at the Monthly Exercise of
Prayer, at the Reverend Mr. Wilson's Meeting-House
in Goodman's-Field
ROMANS 3:31
Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid; yea, we establish the law.
That vice and immorality, disobedience to the laws of God and men, prevail among us; and that practical religio ...read
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The Law in the Hand of Christ
A Sermon,
Preached May 24, 1761,
at Broad-Mead, in Bristol.
DEUTERONOMY 10:5
And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which 1 had made; and there they be, as the Lord commanded me.
MOSES being called up to mount Sinai, the Lord delivered to him two tables of stone, with the writing of the law upon t ...read
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The Love of God, Considered
2 THESSALONIANS 3:5
And the Lord God direct your hearts into the Love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
One principal part of the apostle's design in writing this epistle was to satisfy some persons in this church, who were shaken in mind, and troubled, as though The day of Christ was at hand. He assures them, therefore, in the ...read
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The Manifestation of Christ
AS A SAVIOUR TO HIS PEOPLE,
A CAUSE OF GREAT JOY.
1 CHRONICLES 12:40.
For there was joy in Israel.
In this chapter we have an account of the association of great multitudes of the people of Israel unto David: first in his exile, when he was obliged to flee from Saul, and was persecuted by him from place to place. In different p1aces, whit ...read
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The Meat-Offering Typical both of Christ, and of His People
LEVITICUS 2:1,2
And when any will offer a meat offering unto the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour: and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon; and he shall bring it to Aaron's sons, the priests; and He shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: and the ...read
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The Moral Nature and Fitness of Things Considered
OCCASIONED BY
Some Passages in the Rev. Mr. Samuel Chandler's Sermon,
lately preached to the Societies for the Reformation of Manners.
Nothing is more frequently talked of in this enlightened age, this age of politeness, reason and good sense, than the nature and fitness of things; or, the reason and nature of things ; phrases, which to many, ...read
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The Mutual Gain of Christ and Christians in Their Life and Death
Occasioned By The Death Of The
Reverend Joseph Stennet, D. D.
Preached February 26, 1758.
PHILIPPIANS 1:21.
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is Gain.
THIS epistle, of which the words of my text are a part, was written by the apostle Paul, when a prisoner at Rome, to the church of Christ at Philippi. Philippi was a chief city of a ...read
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The Necessity of Christ's Making Satisfaction for Sin, Proved and Confirmed
A Sermon,
Preached June 19, 1766,
to an Assembly of Ministers and Churches,
at the Rev. Mr. Burford's Meetinghouse,
in Goodman's-Fields.
HEBREWS 2:10.
For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
IN the pre ...read
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The Necessity of Good Works unto Salvation, Considered
OCCASIONED BY SOME
Reflections and Misrepresentations of Dr. Abraham Taylor, in a Pamphlet of his lately published, called, An Address to young Students in Divinity, by way of Caution against some Paradoxes, which lead to Doctrinal Antinomianism.
Above six years ago I sent a printed letter to the Gentleman whose name stands in the title-pag ...read
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The Plague of a Man's Own Heart
WHAT IT IS; TO WHOM DISCOVERED;
AND THE
Encouragement given to such Persons to expect
PARDON OF ALL THEIR SINS.
1 Kings 8:38
--Which shall know every man the plague of his own heart.
The whole verse reads thus: What prayer and supplication soever he made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of h ...read
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The Practical Improvement of the Watchman's Answer
A SERMON,
Preached at a Wednesday's Evening Lecture,
in
GREAT EAST-CHEAP, JAN. 1, 1752.
1 Chronicles 12:32.
And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do: the heads of them were two hundred, and all their brethren were at their commandment.
In this chapter we have an ...read
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The Presence of God, What It Is
AND THE
MEANS BY WHICH IT MAY BE ENJOYED.
2 CHRONICLES 15:2
The Lord is with you, while ye be with him; and If ye seek him, he will Be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
In the preceding chapter we find that Zarah, the Ethiopian, came with an army of a thousand men, and three hundred chariots, against Asa, King of J ...read
John Gill