“How may a man ascertain his election of God to the ministry of the gospel? And what are sufficient qualifications for that important office?” I conceive an answer to the latter part of the question
“Ought a wicked man to pray?” The declaimer who denied this position seems to have had an eye to those passages of Scripture which declare “the sacrifice and way of the wicked to be an
The meaning of the terms, “Son of God,” and “only begotten Son of God,” must needs be of importance, inasmuch as the belief of the idea signified by them was made a leading article in
“Does the Spirit of God, in regeneration, produce a new principle in the heart, or only impart a new light in the understanding!” The question, as stated by your correspondent, I consider as important, and
“What are the best means of preservation against backsliding?” It is usual with us to confine the idea of a backslider to a good man. I apprehend the Scriptures do not use the term always
[Addressed to all who love and long for the coming of Christ’s blessed kingdom, and whose hearts may be inclined to unite in seeking its welfare.] Christian Brethren! The business for the promotion of which
“A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if
A great part of the evil which prevails in the world consists in an entire neglect of what God commands, or in doing what he has expressly forbidden; but not the whole of it. There
Mr. T., in his Ninth Letter, remarks on the evidence I offered for an absolute determination in the death of Christ to save some of the human race. “This sentiment,” Mr. T. says, “whether true
I do not wish the following remarks to supersede any other answer which may enter more fully into the subject. All I have to offer will be a few hints from my own experience. In