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REPENTANCE AS GOD'S FREE GIFT e Further, that repentance is a singular gift of God I believe to be so clear from the above teaching that there is no need of a...
. CONFESSION OF SIN BEFORE GOD AND BEFORE MEN e Nevertheless, I shall insert this point here: when the term "repentance" is applied to this external ...
Before proceeding farther, it seems proper to make some observations on the authority of Scripture, in order that our minds may not only be prepared to receive...
That the greater part of men resist the gospel, and direct all their exertions to prevent its progress, should be no matter of surprise. Such, indeed, has been...
It is necessary to attend to what I lately said, that our faith in doctrine is not established until we have a perfect conviction that God is its author....
To perform an act of idolatry in order to gain the favour of man, is more to be shunned than death in its most fearful form. [Calvin-source unknown]...
The numerous deaths, which have occurred this year among my pious friends, I hope will instruct me in the emptiness of this present life; and impress me, in...
"Now, I see here today more people than I am accustomed to having at the sermon. Why is that? It is Christmas Day. And who told you this? You poor beasts. That...
Although the Law of God contains a perfect rule of conduct admirably arranged, it has seemed proper to our divine Master to train his people by a more accurate...
Moreover, when he saith, that I may live: that is to signify unto us the same which I have already said, to wit, that although his wit and spirit, stayed...
if we wish to approach God, if we desire to have a real spiritual joy, contentment, and rest, also if we desire to be armed against the temptations which the...
There, then, it behooves you to turn your eyes during these great troubles, and to rejoice that he has esteemed you worthy of suffering affliction for his word...
81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation: yet I wait for thy word. 82 Mine eyes fail for thy promise: saying, when wilt thou comfort me? 83 For I am like a bottle...
“73 Thine hands have made and fashioned me: O give me therefore understanding that I may learn thy Commandments.” [Psalm 119:73] WE OUGHT TO HOLD AND KEEP...
Ge 34:7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in...
There are two circumstances by which men are wont to recommend, or at least to justify, their conduct. If a thing is done honestly, and from pious zeal, we...
Having observed that the sword of God is the test which discriminates between his true worship and that which is false and vitiated, we thence readily infer...
As to what I have yet said, there is no controversy among the pious, or among men of right and sane mind. Let us now see what is meant by the due worship of...
I insist not that the life of the Christian shall breathe nothing but the perfect Gospel, though this is to be desired, and ought to be attempted. I insist not...
It is a matter of common agreement that without true religion we live a most miserable life, not above the level of brute beasts, and consequently there is no...
Such is pure and genuine religion, namely, confidence in God coupled with serious fear-fear, which both includes in it willing reverence, and brings along with...
For it seemed to you that you should never have come soon enough into the land of blessing: what God made you to retire from it and it ought to have been yet...
We see then, that Jesus Christ our Lord would gather to him both great and small, to be honoured of all, and that they which are in honour, should humble...
Concerning others we say nothing. But we ourselves have already been taught by more than enough experiences how wicked denunciation is effective in not only...
As much as we be frail and have a rough and thorny way to go, yea and there be many stops to bar us, so as it will seem that there be great mountains to make...
Musical Instruments in celebrating the praises of God would be no more suitable than the burning of incense, the lighting of lamps, and the restoration of the...
Dreadful are those descriptions in which Isaiah, Jeremiah, Joel, Habbakuk, and others, deplore the disorders of the church of Jerusalem. There was such general...
If we were well advised we would not need to be taught to act reverently toward, God, for nature ought to bring us to that end. For [after all] what reason are...
1 OF 2 Psalm 22:7: All those who see me mock at me: they thrust out the lip, and shake the head. 7. All those who see me mock at me, etc., fa469 This is an...
2 of 2 Psalm 22:7: All those who see me mock at me: they thrust out the lip, and shake the head. How severe a temptation this must have been to David every man...
