A Body of Doctrinal Divinity Book 2—Chapter 4 OF THE ETERNAL UNION OF THE ELECT OF GOD UNTO HIM. The union of God’s elect unto him, their adoption by him, justification before him, and acceptance with him, being eternal, internal, and immanent acts in God; I know not where better to place them, and ... 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
A Body of Doctrinal Divinity Book 6—Chapter 3 OF THE OBJECTS OF REDEMPTION BY CHRIST Thirdly, the objects of redemption come next under consideration. These are a special and distinct people; they are said to be "redeemed from the earth"; that is, from among the inhabitants of the earth, as after ex... Read More
A Body of Doctrinal Divinity Book 6—Chapter 4 OF THOSE TEXTS OF SCRIPTURE WHICH SEEM TO FAVOUR UNIVERSAL REDEMPTION There are several passages of scripture, which, at first sight, may seem to countenance the universal scheme; and which are usually brought in support of it; and which it will be neces... 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
The Glory of God’s Grace Displayed, in Its Abounding Over The Abounding of Sin Occasioned by the Death of Mr. John Smith, Preached at the Time of his Interment, April 15, 1724. Moreover, the law entered, that the office might abound: but where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: That as sin ha... Read More
THE HEAD OF THE SERPENT BRUISED BY THE SEED OF THE WOMAN. Occasioned By The Death Of Mrs. Martha Gifford, Late Wife Of The Reverend Mr. Andrew Gifford, Preached January 14, 1733. GENESIS 3:15. And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: It Shall bruise thy he... Read More
The Prophecies Respecting the Messiah CHAPTER I. The Introduction; with a particular consideration of that first prophecy, respecting the MESSIAH, recorded in Genesis 3:15. Though the prophecies of the Old Testament, concerning the Messiah, which have had their exact completion in Jesus, are not the... Read More
In the ancient town of Bethany there lived a woman, whose story we read in Mark 14:3–9. One evening she traveled to the house of Simon the leper, because she had heard that Jesus was there. She came seeking to do one thing—to pour out her costly perfume to Jesus. “A woman came having an alabaster fl... Read More
Have you ever watched an artist paint a picture at a street corner or in a park? I have, and it's a fascinating experience. Let me tell you why. When the artist first takes his canvas, puts it on the easel, dips his brush into a color and begins to paint, he alone knows how the painting will look wh... Read More
Of the Eternal Union of the Elect of God Unto Him.
Of the Love of God.
Of the Objects of Redemption by Christ.
Of those Text of Scripture Which Seem to Favour Universal Redemption.
The Doctrines of God's Everlasting Love to His Elect
The Glory of God's Grace Displayed in its Abounding Over the Aboundings of Sin.
The Head of the Serpent Bruised by the Seed of the Woman.
The Introduction; with a Particular Consideration of that First Prophecy, Respecting the Messiah, Recorded in Genesis 3:15.
The Beauty that Comes
With Each Stroke of the Brush