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1 Corinthians 11

Chapter?11In this chapter the apostle blames, and endeavours to rectify, some great indecencies and manifest disorders in the church of Corinth; as, I...

Tractate XIV.

Tractate XIV.Tractate XIV. John III. 29-36.1. This lesson from the holy Gospel shows us the excellency of our Lord Jesus Christ's divinity, and the hu...

On the Baptism of Christ

On the Baptism of ChristOn the Baptism of ChristA Sermon for the Day of the Lights.(1) Now I recognize my own flock: to-day I behold the wonted figure...

Exodus 2

Chapter?2This chapter begins the story of Moses, that man of renown, famed for his intimate acquaintance with Heaven and his eminent usefulness on ear...

1 John 3

Chapter?3The apostle here magnifies the love of God in our adoption (v.?1, v.?2). He thereupon argues for holiness (v.?3), and against sin (v.?4-19). ...

Prayers and Thanksgivings for Particular Occasions

PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS PARTICULAR OCCASIONS. LAST EVENING OF THE OLD YEAR. Jay. O God, thou hast been our refuge and dwelling place in all gene...

Chapter 16

CHAPTER 16. PDOBAPTISM. ITS ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTITUTION OF CHRIST, AND THE NATURE OF THE SIGN. Divisions of this chapter,--I. Confirmation of the...

Book XXI.

Book XXI.Book XXI. Faustus denies that Manichaeans believe in two gods. Hyle no god. Augustin discusses at large the doctrine of God and Hyle, and fix...

John 13

Chapter?13Our Saviour having finished his public discourses, in which he endured the contradiction of sinners,?? now applies himself to a private conv...

1 Samuel 3

Chapter?3In the foregoing chapter we had Samuel a young priest, though by birth a Levite only, for he ministered before the Lord in a linen ephod; in ...

Book II

Book IIBook II1. Believers have always found their satisfaction in that Divine utterance, which our ears heard recited from the Gospel at the moment w...

Revelation 2

CHAPTER 2 Revelation 2:1-29 . EPISTLES TO EPHESUS, SMYRNA, PERGAMOS, THYATIRA. Each of the seven epistles in this and the third chapter, com...

Book II.

Book II.Book II. Introduction. The Three Persons of the Godhead were not unknown to the judges of old nor to Moses, for the equality of the Son with t...

1 John 5

Chapter?5In this chapter the apostle asserts, I. The dignity of believers (v.?1). II. Their obligation to love, and the trial of it (v.?1-3). III. The...

Job 36

Chapter?36Elihu, having largely reproved Job for some of his unadvised speeches, which Job had nothing to say in the vindication of, here comes more g...

Luke 11

Chapter?11In this chapter, I. Christ teaches his disciples to pray, and quickens and encourages them to be frequent, instant, and importunate in praye...

Patristic and Medieval Marvels

PATRISTIC AND MEDIEVAL MARVELS As over against the effort made more especially by Anglican writers to confine genuine ecclesiastical miracles to the...

Sermon III

Preached at a Wednesday's Evening Lecture in Great-Eaftcheap, Jan. i, 1752 1 Chron. XII. 32. And of the children of IJJ-achar, which were men that h...

Confession

XII. CONFESSION. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive its our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.?1 John i. 0. ...

Acts 5

Chapter?5In this chapter we have, I. The sin and punishment of Ananias and Sapphira, who, for lying to the Holy Ghost, were struck dead at the word of...