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The Christian In Complete Armour Volume Two A Treatise of The Whole Armour of God "Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. "Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplat... Read More

Direction Ninth. The Several Pieces of the Whole Armour of God. Fifth Piece--The Christian's Helmet. 'And take the helmet of salvation' (Eph. 6:17). These words present us with another piece of the Christian's panoply--a helmet to cover his head in the day of battle--the helmet of salvation. It make... Read More

Division Third.--The Inward Principle of Prayer. 'In the Spirit.' We are come to the third division in the apostle's directory for prayer--the principle or spring from whence they are to flow--the Spirit, 'praying...in the Spirit.' In proceeding to the consideration of this topic, the first point is... Read More

"And let the peace of God rule in your hearts..." (Col. 3:15). What does the peace of Christ do? Primarily it gives assurance of acceptance with God (cf. Rom. 5:1), and the protection of God (cf. Phil. 4:7, Gr., "shall garrison," a paradoxical use of a warlike term). But here Christ's peace is to be... Read More

"Will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee." This was the devout breathing of the king of Israel (the penman, too, of this little book to which we are now proposing, in the Lord's grace, to introduce ourselves), when the glory had... Read More

'Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose imagination is stayed on Thee.' Isaiah 26:3 Is your imagination stayed on God or is it starved? The starvation of the imagination is one of the most fruitful sources of exhaustion and sapping in a worker's life. If you have never used your imagination to pu... Read More

Divine Motives to Contentment. SECT. 1. The first argument to contentation. 1. Consider the excellency of it. Contentment is a flower that doth not grow in every garden; it teacheth a man how in the midst of want to abound. You would think it were excellent if I could prescribe a receipt or antidote... Read More

The Future Punishment of the Wicked Unavoidable and Intolerable Jonathan Edwards , 1703-1758 "Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong in the days that I shall deal with you? I the Lord save spoken it, and will do it." Ezekiel 22:14 In the former part of this chapter, we have a dreadful ca... Read More

SHADOWS OF THE GREAT ROCK by John MacDuff "And a Man will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land." Isaiah 32:2 A great rock ! "That Rock is Christ," and "the shadows" are those precious truths-... Read More

Treasures from J.R. Miller 1840 — 1912 (choice excerpts) "If any 19th century American Christian writer warrants reprinting, it is J. R. Miller! His writing style is delightfully smooth, his insights are spiritual diamonds on every page, and his pastoral applications are delivered with the skill of ... Read More