A DECLARATION of the FAITH AND PRACTICE OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST, IN CARTER LANE, SOUTHWARK, UNDER THE PASTORAL CARE OF Dr. JOHN GILL, Read and assented to at the Admission of Members. Having been enabled, through divine grace, to give up ourselves to the Lord, and likewise to one another by the will... Read More
The CAUSE OF GOD AND TRUTH. Part 1 Section 58—Jude 1:21. Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the money of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal 1ife. These words are thought to represent the saints’ continuance in the love and favor of God, as conditional, depending on their obedience, care... Read More
A Body of PRACTICAL Divinity Book 2—Chapter 2 OF THE DUTIES OF THE MEMBER OF A CHURCH TO EACH OTHER A church thus confederated and united by consent and agreement, there are various duties incumbent on its members; which, both for their own comfort, credit, and edification, and for the glory of God,... Read More
A Body of PRACTICAL Divinity Book 1—Chapter 9 OF THE GRACE OF LOVE After faith and hope follows love; for in this order they stand, "now abide faith, hope, charity," or love, "these three" (1 Cor. 13:13), "but the greatest of these is charity," or "love;" not that it is of greater use than the other... Read More
THE PRACTICAL IMPROVEMENT OF THE WATCHMAN'S ANSWER. A SERMON, Preached at a Wednesday’s Evening Lecture, in GREAT EAST-CHEAP, JAN. 1, 1752. 1 Chronicles 12:32. And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do: the heads of them were... Read More
The death of Christ is, my friends, the most wonderful event past, present, or future in the whole universe. It is so in the eye of God - 'Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life.' There is nothing in the whole world so lovely as his Son. It is not only for his Godhead, but on a... Read More
“Gather my saints together unto me, those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice” Psalm 50:5. “Now we beseech you, brethren, touching the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together unto him...” 2 Thess. 2:1. "Not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some i... Read More
Reading: Isa. 1:9; Rom. 9:27,29; 11:2-5,26; Isa. 8:17,18. After long and very deep exercise of heart and weighing things solemnly before the Lord, I am led quite strongly to the conclusion that His message for us at this time, and not for us only, but for His whole Church, is concerning Overcomer Te... Read More
I came to cast fire upon the earth; and would that it were already kindled! But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! (Luke 12:49,50). Being assembled together with them, he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem but to wait for the promise of the ... Read More
READING: Eze. 43:1-2,4-5,7; Eph. 1:12, 3:21; 5:25-27; Col. 1:27; 1 Pet. 4:14; Heb. 10:37-39; 11:1. In these meditations, we have been looking at some of the major features of God's spiritual house in which we who are the Lord's are living stones. We have been seeking to see what our being living par... Read More
A Declaration of the Faith and Practice of the Church of Christ
CAUSE OF GOD AND TRUTH. Part 1 Section 58—Jude 1:21.
Of the Duties of Church-members to Each Other.
Of the Grace of Love.
The Practical Improvement of the Watchman's Answer.
The Free Obedience Of Christ
Gather My Saints Together
Overcomer Testimony
The Positive Nature of the Holy Spirit
"Over All - Faith," and a Final Consideration