A DISCOURSE OF SELF-EXAMINATION by Stephen Charnock vol. iv, Works, pgs. 483-493. 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 The apostle having blamed the Corinthians for some enormities among them,… Read More Self Examination | Stephen Charnock
A DISCOURSE OF THE UNWORTHY RECEIVING OF THE LORD’S SUPPER by Stephen Charnock vol. iv, Works, pgs. 472-482. Whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself,… Read More Unworthy Receiving of the Lord’s Supper | Stephen Charnock
A DISCOURSE OF THE SUBJECTS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER by Stephen Charnock vol. iv, Works, pgs. 427-471. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. For he that eats and drinks unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body. 1… Read More The Partakers of the Lord’s Supper | Stephen Charnock
A DISCOURSE OF THE END OF THE LORD’S SUPPER by Stephen Charnock vol. iv, Works, pgs. 392-426. “For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.” 1 Corinthians 11:26. The Corinthians were a church planted by Paul, watered by a long preaching among them;… Read More The Purpose of the Lord’s Supper | Stephen Charnock
Ten Helps on the Imprecatory Psalms by David Murray Sing a New Song: Recovering Psalm Singing for the Twenty-First Century 1. In the first gospel promise (Gen 3.14-15), God promises a curse on the serpent and his seed. Prayers in the psalms for God to curse are really a prayer for that first gospel promise to… Read More Ten Helps on the Impreccatory Psalms | David Murray
(Pictured above Birch Hill Free Church) It was early evening as I began to cross Confederation Bridge between Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick. As I drove across the 8 mile long bridge in my car it was silent, I had the window opened to try and catch the smell of salt in the… Read More The Gospel in the Maritimes
WHY GOD WOULD HAVE MANY OBSCURITIES IN THE SCRIPTURES by William Whitaker Disputations on Holy Scripture Question of the Fourth Controversy: Of the Perspicuity of Scripture chapter II, pp. 365-366. I have thought it proper to set forth the reasons on account of which God was willing that there should be so many things of… Read More The Hard Sayings of Scripture | William Whitaker
Psalmody Objections Answered: Paraphrases By Richard Bacon Copyright 1999, The Blue Banner (from v. 3 #5-6, May-June 1994), FPCR.org (reposted with permission) Introduction One sometimes hears objections to singing only Psalms in public worship. Interestingly, the objectors seldom stop to consider that many of their objections, if they were valid, would speak against singing any… Read More Psalmody Objections Answered: Paraphrases
The Perpetuity and Change of the Sabbath by Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) “Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. Upon the first day of the week, let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there… Read More The Perpetuity and Change of the Sabbath | Jonathan Edwards
That this Author saith, God commanded those that transgressed his holy Law with an high hand, and presumptuously to be killed, lest they should live and profane his holy things; I defend not: But sure Erastus erreth, who will have all such to be killed by the Magistrate under the New Testament, because they were… Read More The Judicial Law, as Judicial, has been Abolished | Samuel Rutherford
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