The Quiet and Easy Passage of Christ's Purchased People Through Death to Glory
A Sermon,
Preached to a Congregation of Protestant Dissenters,
in Carter-lane, Southwark.
EXODUS 15:16
Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm, they shall be as still as a stone, till thy people pass over, O Lord; till the people pass over which thou hast purchased.
THESE words are part of the Song which Moses ...read
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The Scriptures: The Only Guide in Matters of Religion
Preached At The Baptism Of Several Persons
In
Barbican,
November 2, 1750.
JEREMIAH 6:16.
Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein; and ye shall find rest for your souls.
In this chapter the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians is threatened and foretol ...read
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The Stability of the Covenant of Grace. Part 1
THE SUPPORT OF A BELIEVER
UNDER
OUTWARD AND INWARD TROUBLES.
2 SAMUEL 23:5
Although my house be not so with God, yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and sure.
THE preceding verses have already been considered; an introduction, therefore, to the present discourse, is unnecessary: suffice it to say, our ...read
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The Stability of the Covenant of Grace. Part 2
THE SUPPORT OF A BELIEVER
UNDER
OUTWARD AND INWARD TROUBLES.
2 SAMUEL 23:5.
Although my house be not so with God, yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and sure; for this is all my salvation and all my desire, although he maketh it not to grow.
In our last discourse of this text, Three things were propos ...read
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The Superior Happiness of the Righteous Dead to that of Living Saints
In Two Sermons, preached at a Lecture in Lime-Street.
Sermon I.
ACTS 26:8
Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?
The doctrine of the resurrection of the body from the dead, is a doctrine of the of utmost importance; for "if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen; a ...read
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The Sure Performance of Prophecy
A SERMON,
Preached at a Wednesday's Evening Lecture,
in
GREAT EAST-CHEAP, Jan. 1, 1755.
Isaiah 9:7 (latter part)
--The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
In my last annual Sermon save one, on this occasion, I discoursed concerning the glorious things foretold of the church of God in the latter day, both in the spiritual and pe ...read
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The Table and Shew-Bread, Typical of Christ and His Church
LEVITICUS 24:8 and 9.
Every sabbath, he shall set it in order before the Lord, continually; being taken from the children of Israel, by an everlasting covenant. And it shall be Aaron's and his sons', and they shall eat it in the holy place for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the Lord made by fire, for a perpetual statute.
Every s ...read
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The Watchman's Answer to the Question, What of the Night?
A SERMON,
Preached at a Wednesday's Evening Lecture,
in
GREAT EAST-CHEAP, Dec. 27, 1750.
Isaiah 21:11, 12.
The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: If ye will enquire, enquire ye; return, come.
There are several ...read
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The Wave-Sheaf Typical of Christ
LEVITICUS 23:10,11
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, when ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof; then ye shall bring a sheaf of the first-fruits of your harvest unto the priest: and he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted for you: on the morrow, after the sabbath, an ...read
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The Words of David, the Words of Jehovah, Father, Son, and Spirit
2 SAMUEL 23:2,3.
The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his Word was in my Tongue: the God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me.
Having considered in a former discourse the preceding verse, which contains a line description of David, that tends to recommend to our notice those last words of his recorded in the following verses. I s ...read
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The Work of a Gospel-Minister Recommended to Consideration
A Charge Delivered At The Ordinations Of The Reverend
MR. JOHN GILL,
MR. BONNER STONE,
MR. JAMES LARWILL,
MR. ISAAC GOULD,
MR. WALTER RICHARDS.
2 TIMOTHY 2:7
Consider what I say, and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
That part of the service of this day; which is assigned to me, being to give a word of exhortation to the ...read
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To Remember all the Way in which the Lord hath led the Believer
DEUTERONOMY 8:2
And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee, these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart; whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
This chapter begins with an exhortation to keep the commandments of the Lord, even all his commandment ...read
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Truth Defended, Being an Answer to an Anonymous Pamphlet
Truth Defended, Being an Answer to an Anonymous Pamphlet Entitled: Some Doctrines in the Supralapsarian Scheme impartially examined by the Word of God.
Lately to my hands an anonymous pamphlet, entitled, Some Doctrines in the Supralapsarian Scheme impartially examined by the Word of God. The author of it is right, in making the word of God the ...read
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Who Shall Lay Anything To The Charge of God's Elect
Occasioned By The Death Of Mrs. Ann Brine,
Late Wife Of The Reverend Mr. John Brine.
Preached August 11, 1745.
ROMANS 8:33, 34
Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth: Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also make ...read
John Gill