Thou shalt not commit adultery.' Exod 20: 14. God is a pure, holy spirit, and has an infinite antipathy against all uncleanness. In this commandment he has entered his caution against it; non moechaberis, Thou shalt not commit adultery.' The sum of this commandment is, The preservations of corporal ... Read More
'For this is the will of God, even your sanctification.' I Thess 4:4. The word sanctification signifies to consecrate and set apart to a holy use: thus they are sanctified persons who are separated from the world, and set apart for God's service. Sanctification has a privative and a positive part. I... Read More
"But his delight is in the law of the LORD." [Psalm 1:2] CHAPTER I. Shewing that Negative Goodness is but a broken Title to Heaven. AS the book of the Canticles is called the Song of Songs by an Hebraism, it being the most excellent; so this psalm may not unfitly be entitled, the Psalm of Psalms, fo... Read More
The RESOLUTIONS of Jonathan Edwards (selected) "I have resolved that my mouth will not sin." Psalm 17:3 "Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine." Daniel 1:8 "For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you, except Jesus Christ and Him crucified." 1 Corinthians 2:2 Bei... Read More
The Harlots Face in the Looking-Glass of Scripture by John Flavel Proverbs 6:32 "But a man who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself!" The next danger I shall give you warning of, is the sin of immorality; with which I fear too many of the rude and looser sort of seamen d... Read More
Come to Jesus! Newman Hall, 1816-1902 Listen, dear fellow-sinner. How kind, how wonderful an invitation is this! God speaks, and speaks to you. The Father says, "Come!" The Son says, "Come!" The Holy Spirit says, "Come!" The blessed angels echo the cry, "Come!" Many poor sinners who have accepted th... Read More
SIN REMEMBERED By John Angell James Our minds when we approach the table of the Lord, should be filled with various graces, all of them holy; so as to render our devotion like the cloud of incense in the temple, which was compounded of many ingredients, all of them exceedingly precious, and all of D... Read More
David's Confession Psalm 51 J. R. Miller, 1912 "Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin." Verses 1-2. The fifty-first Psalm tells the story of David's great sin . It... Read More
Sinners Admonished to Return to God William Nicholson, 1862 "Return now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and do not go after other gods to serve them — and you shall dwell In the land which I have given to you and to your fathers." Jeremiah 35:15 God does not desire the death of a... Read More
The Heart of the Wicked is Worthless William Nicholson, 1862 "The heart of the wicked is of little worth." Proverbs 10:20 There are different degrees of wickedness. Some are naturally kind, benevolent, and affable — but all are depraved in heart, notwithstanding their natural superiority to others. ... Read More
The Ten Commandments 11. The Seventh Commandment
A Body of Divinity 35. The Application of Redemption: Sanctification
The Saint's Spiritual Delight
Resolutions
The Harlots Face In The Looking-Glass Of Scripture
Come To Jesus!
Sins Remembered
David'S Confession
Sinners Admonished To Return To God
The Heart Of The Wicked Is Worthless