It is the application of the righteousness and blood of Christ which purifies the heart, makes sin hateful and Jesus Christ precious, and not only brings peace to the soul in sweet gratitude, but fills it with earnest desires to live to Gods glory and honour.
As God opens up the depth of our fall, makes the burden of sin felt, and shows the sinner his guilt and inability, He brings the proud heart down and lays us low in the dust, and as He makes us sigh and groan, He applies His precious blood. He brings the blood of sprinkling into the conscience, sheds abroad His mercy and love, and constrains our feet to walk in faith, love, and cheerful obedience.
What fountain is that which sweeps away
My sins just like a flood,
Nor lets one guilty blemish stay?
Tis Jesus precious blood!
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J.C. Philpot (1802 - 1869)
Was known as “The Seceder”. He resigned from the Church of England in 1835 and became a Strict & Particular Baptist. While with the Church of England he was a Fellow of Worchester College, Oxford. After becoming a Strict and Particular Baptist he became the Editor of the Gospel Standard magazine and served in that capacity for twenty years."My desire is to exalt the grace of God; to proclaim salvation alone through Jesus Christ; to declare the sinfulness, helplessness and hopelessness of man in a state of nature; to describe the living experience of the children of God in their trials, temptations, sorrows, consolations and blessings."
Joseph Charles Philpot resigned from the Church of England in 1835 and became a Strict & Particular Baptist. While with the Church of England he was a Fellow of Worchester College, Oxford. After becoming a Strict and Particular Baptist he became the Editor of the Gospel Standard magazine and served in that capacity for twenty years, where many of his sermons first appeared.
Educated at Oxford University, he was elected a fellow of Worcester College, and appeared to have a brilliant scholastic career before him. But he was brought into solemn concern spiritually and the Lord led him into the ministry. He first preached in the Established Church at Stadhampton (Oxfordshire). J.C. Philpot left the apostasizing Church of England early in his ministry (1835) and went public about his reasons for resigning his curacy and his fellowship. The letter to the provost stating his reasons was published and went into several editions.
The same year, he was baptized by John Warburton at Allington (Wilts). The rest of his life was spent ministering among the Strict Baptists. For 26 years, he held a joint pastorate at Stamford (Lines) and Oakham (Rutland).