Anthony Burgess, Treatise on Original Sin, Part 3, chapter 1, section 4. “And be ye renewed in the spirit of your mind.” (Ephesians 4:23). These things premised, let us consider, wherein original sin hath infected the minds of all men, so that in respect thereof it is to be renewed. 1. Horrible Ignorance of… Read More Pollution of the Mind With Original Sin
Ephesians 4:17-24 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, 18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: 19 Who being past feeling have given… Read More The Extent of Original Sin in Every Faculty of the Soul
Thomas Boston Sermon 26, Works vol. 3 March 11, 1716 And the land shall mourn, every family apart, the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart. (Zechariah 12:12). It hath been for some time past, a time of penal… Read More Encouragement to Pray for the Conversion of the Jews
Spiritual Refining: A Treatise of Grace and Assurance, Sermon 6, by Anthony Burgess “Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?” (2 Corinthians 13:5) “Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.” (Mark 9:24) What… Read More True Assurance vs Presumption
ΧΡΙΣΤΟΛΟΓΙΑ: OR, A DECLARATION OF THE GLORIOUS MYSTERY OF THE PERSON OF CHRIST — GOD AND MAN Chapter V The Person of Christ the great Representative of God and his Will. What may be known of God, is, — his nature and existence, with the holy counsels of his will. A representation of them unto us… Read More Jesus Christ: The Great Representative of God | John Owen
Whether there be any such thing as a Covenant of Suretyship or Redemption between JEHOVAH and the Son of GOD? That there is such a Covenant, is proven by 11 Arguments. No doubt, Christ God-Man is in Covenant with God, being a person designed from eternity, with his own consent, and in time yielding thereunto, and yet he stands not in that Covenant-relation that… Read More 11 Arguments for the Covenant of Redemption | Samuel Rutherford
1. How Evil the Mass is 2. Why it is Sinful to Attend a Papal Mass 3. Reasons for Going to Mass Answered John Bradford, Hurt of Hearing Mass, Chapter 7. But, to make an end of collecting any more reasons to prove that which all wise men see plainly, namely, that they grievously do… Read More Harm of Attending the Mass: 3. Reasons for Going to Mass Answered
1. How Evil the Mass is 2. Why it is Sinful to Attend a Papal Mass 3. Reasons for Going to Mass Answered John Bradford, Hurt of Hearing Mass, Chapter 6. 1. It is Idolatry. First, out of the second commandment, “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image…” This precept forbiddeth all… Read More Harm of Attending the Mass: 2. Why it is Sinful to Attend a Papal Mass
1. How Evil the Mass is 2. Why it is Sinful to Attend a Papal Mass 3. Reasons for Going to Mass Answered John Bradford, Hurt of Hearing Mass, Chapter 5. Now, the mass being known to be the device and invention of man, I will briefly shew you that it is the most… Read More Harm of Attending the Mass: 1. How Evil the Mass is
James Renwick Willson, though largely forgotten, still offers a timeless example to the Reformed Church today. James Renwick Willson was a 19th Century American Presbyterian Pastor, specifically a Reformed Presbyterian. Willson was widely regarded as one of the best preachers of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, as well as one of its most dogmatic and hardheaded… Read More Profound, Passionate, and Presbyterian: A Biographical Sketch of James Renwick Willson D.D.
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