A Body of Doctrinal Divinity Book 7—Chapter 2 OF THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL Though the body dies, and when it dies, the soul dies not; it survives the body, and not only lives after it, but lives for ever, it never dies: though the body without the soul is dead, yet the soul without the body is not... Read More
A Body of Doctrinal Divinity Book 1—Chapter 12 OF THE LOVE OF GOD Next to the attributes which belong to God, as an intelligent Spirit, to his understanding and will, may be considered, those which may be called "Affections"; for though, properly speaking, there are none in God, he being a most pure... Read More
THE DOCTRINES OF GOD’S EVERLASTING LOVE TO HIS ELECT, AND THEIR ETERNAL UNION WITH CHRIST: TOGETHER WITH SOME OTHER TRUTHS, STATED AND DEFENDED, In a Letter to Dr. Abraham Taylor. S I R, Having had the happiness of hearing, and since of reading, your two Discourses, Of the Insufficiency of Natural R... Read More
Peter risked becoming the joke of his hometown when he rowed out in broad daylight to the deep waters of Lake Gennesaret and let down his net to catch fish. Everyone watching him from the shore must have thought he’d gone mad. Even a small child could have told him that if he wanted to catch fish, h... Read More
A New Covenant By Paris Reidhead* owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My people, My chosen. This people have I formed for Myself; with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense. Thou hast boug... Read More
God’s New Thing By Paris Reidhead* If you turn to Exodus Chapter 19 and prepare to turn to Isaiah chapter 43. I shall read the first six verses of Exodus 19 and several verses from Isaiah 43. “In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came... Read More
(Earlier we said that we should be dealing with the Bride more fully later. We come now to a consideration of this matter.) "For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is thy redeemer" (Isaiah 54:5). "For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy s... Read More
Reading: John 10 The heart of this chapter is in verse eleven: "I am the good shepherd". Let us put alongside of that the following passages of Scripture: "Thou leddest thy people like a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron" (Psalm 77:20). "He led forth his own people like sheep, and guided them in... Read More
("A Heavenly Cordial" 1665) None of God's afflictions upon His people ever make any change or alteration of God's affections towards His people. However harsh His hand may be against them— yet His love, His heart, His favor, His affections—are still one and the same to them. When Munster lay sick, a... Read More
"I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness." Jeremiah 31:3 There are but few upon whom God bestows His saving love. Tell me, are not the gifts which Christ has given you—rare gifts? What would you have been—if Christ had not made a difference between you and ot... Read More
Of the Immortality of the Soul.
Of the Love of God.
The Doctrines of God's Everlasting Love to His Elect
Act on God’s Word
A New Covenant
God’s New Thing
The Companions as the Bride of the Lord
The Shepherd of Israel
However harsh His hand may be
Such a wretch you would have been!