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The Life And Testimony Of Anne Steele
Miss Steele was the descendant of a family who had inhabited for many years the village of Broughton, Hampshire, her father and ancestors being pastors of the Calvinistic Baptist congregation in that town, the foundation of which dates back to the time of the Commonwealth. One, Mr. Henry Steele, was ordained to the pastoral office in the year 1699, which…
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The Everlasting Covenant
The things of the "everlasting covenant'' are stable things, for they are eternal; and these everlasting things are, to the people of God, precious things, because they are things connected with their salvation. They are loved with the everlasting love of God. They inherit the everlasting blessing; and, as they are interested in the everlasting covenant, they also have an…
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The Life And Ministry Of Thomas Hull
It was on the 16th of August, 1831, that Thomas Hull was born at Foleshill, near Coventry, a spot that was favoured at one time with the ministry of Mr. William Nunn (afterwards of Manchester), whose discourses were greatly valued by Mr. Hull's mother. The father of little Thomas died when the boy was only three years of age. He…
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The Life And Martyrdom Of John Hooper
“Of whom the world was not worthy." This epitaph the Apostle Paul penned to the memory of those illustrious heroes of Old Testament history—heroes who walked in the fear of God, and fought stoutly for His honour and glory, by obeying the commands of their Almighty Creator rather than submit to the dictates of puny man. This same epitaph, we…
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Duty Faith Dissected And Discarded
The reader is presented in the following pages with a perspicuous and full discussion of an important subject, both to the ministers and hearers of the glorious gospel; to the former, that they may take heed how they preach, and to the latter, that they may take heed how they hear. It is indeed granted, that a divine power accompanying…
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Book 3: Chapter 22, This Doctrine Confirmed By Proofs From Scripture
Many controvert all the positions which we have laid down, especially the gratuitous election of believers, which, however, cannot be overthrown. For they commonly imagine that God distinguishes between men according to the merits which he foresees that each individual is to have, giving the adoption of sons to those whom he foreknows will not be unworthy of his grace,…
