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Prayer And Patience Must Go Hand In Hand
Our Saviour represents God’s own elect as crying day and night to him, Luke 18:7. Sore temptations, soul-burdens, Satan’s buffetings, are peculiarly felt by them. Their crying under them is a proof of spiritual life, their crying to the Lord only is an evidence of the faith of God’s elect, their entreaties to be delivered from them show the sanctified…
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Hold Thou Me Up
I have thought a lot about the preaching of the gospel and its effect, and the hearing of the gospel. In a way, it seems to me that there are two kinds of preaching. There is one which, under the Lord’s blessing, really touches our hearts, when we are enabled a little to speak of Gethsemane and Calvary, the cross…
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38 Bible Doctrine – Confessional Statements And Their Proper Use
I would like to welcome you back to another study in Bible Doctrine. In our previous two studies, I have given a historic and doctrinal overview of John Gill’s Goat Yard Declaration of Faith. And then, towards the end of our last study, I pointed out some of the major differences between the 1689 Confession and the 1729 Declaration. In…
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Confessional Statements And Their Proper Use
Confessional Statements have become increasingly more popular since the rise of the Reformed Baptist Movement. So much so, that many anoint the 1689 Second London Baptist Confession Of Faith with sacerdotal unction. Few believers are aware of the differences between the 17th century Particular Baptist confessions and the 18th Century Particular Baptist confessions. In this study, a comparison is made…
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The Life And Death Of George Firbank
Our dear brother, for many years pastor of the Baptist Chapel, Haverhill, passed away to his much-desired rest on December 8th, 1912, in his 85th year, leaving in this vale of tears to mourn his loss, an aged widow, aged 91 years, also a son and daughter, who are looking forward when they, too, shall join their beloved one in…
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Behold, I Come As A Thief
Vain confidence begets spiritual sloth. Licentious principles harden the heart in sin, deafen the ear to the calls of grace, and cause the tongue to pronounce evangelical excitements to love and obedience, legal. But the faith of Jesus enlivens to duty, and inspires the soul with godly jealousy and holy watchfulness. So the members of Jesus are blessed, blessed in…
