In respect of the first of these statements, it is true that justification, and every other spiritual blessing, was included in that purpose and grace which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world
Further, The success of the gospel in the times of the apostles is ascribed to the influence of the Holy Spirit, as its first or primary cause. That the truth of the doctrine, and even
Answer to an anonymous Letter from “An Observer,” on his Objections to Foreign Missions I should not have thought it necessary thus publicly* to notice an anonymous letter, had it not afforded me an opportunity
True religion is a narrow way. We are in danger of missing it, not only in what we do, but in the end for which, or why we do it. The apostle had been dissuading
What our Lord says of swearing may have respect to the third commandment, in which we are forbidden to “take the name of the Lord our God in vain.” It had also been said, “Thou
The subject to which we this year invite your attention, is the situation is the widows and orphans of Christian ministers, and of ministers themselves who by age, or permanent affliction, are laid aside from
Let me exhort you to endeavour, by all means, to preserve peace among one another. 1. Be careful to cultivate a spirit of love.—There is nothing more conducive to peace than this. Provoke not one
No sober Trinitarian would take upon him to say precisely to what degree the distinctions in the Godhead extend. It is generally supposed, however, that the term person approaches the nearest to the Scriptural idea
In the first place, Let it be considered whether it does not arise from the want of a greater degree of religion in general.—Joy is a grace which cannot thrive by itself; it is a
Such is the magnitude of the glory to be revealed in us, that the sufferings of the present time are not worthy to be compared with it. In speaking of these opposites, the apostle, as