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Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:10 We are now come to the last beatitude: Blessed are they which are persecuted . . '. Our Lord Christ would have us reckon the cost. Which of you intending to build a tower sitteth not down ... Read More

Thomas Watson, The Ten Commandments First published as part at A Body of Practical Divinity, 1692 Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the Lord thy God, and do his commandments.' Deut 27: 9, 10. What is the ... Read More

To the Reader Christian Reader, The weightiness of the argument here discoursed on justly merits a larger volume. But I have contracted it because it may possibly come into more hands. I must profess I do not know a more necessary point in divinity. Self denial is the first principle of Christianity... Read More

Bethlehem and Its Good News By Horatius Bonar, 1867 "The Word was made flesh." John 1:14 It was "little among the thousands of Judah" (Mic. 5:2); perhaps but a shepherd-village or small market town; yet there the great purpose of God became a fact; "The Word was made flesh." It is in facts that God'... Read More

Christ the Cleanser By Horatius Bonar, 1867 "A person who has had a bath needs only to wash his feet; his whole body is clean." John 13:10 This washing of the disciples' feet was one of the last of our Lord's acts on earth, as the servant of his disciples, the servant of sinners. How fully did that ... Read More

The Sacred Import of the Christian Name by Samuel Davies "The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch." Acts 11:26 Mere names are empty sounds, and but of little consequence. And yet it must be owned, that there are names of honor and significance; and, when they are attended with the thin... Read More

The Tender Anxieties of Ministers for Their People by Samuel Davies, January 8, 1758 "My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ is formed in you, I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice: for I stand in doubt of you." Galatians 4:19-20 Nothing could be more... Read More

The Sufferings of Christ, and Their Consequent Joys and Blessings by Samuel Davies, July 11, 1756 "Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he has put him to grief. When you shall make his soul an offering for sin—he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall pro... Read More

The Excellency Of Christ Jonathan Edwards , August 1736 Then one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals." Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the cent... Read More

The Final Judgment, or The World Judged Righteously by Jesus Christ Jonathan Edwards , 1703-1758 "Because he has appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he has ordained." Acts 17:31 INTRODUCTION God has appointed a day in which he will judge the world ... Read More