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HOW TO DEAL WITH THOSE WHO ENTERTAIN FALSE HOPES I. THE HOPE OF BEING SAVED BY A RIGHTEOUS LIFE. 1. This is the most common of false hopes. Even among those who profess to be Christians, there are many who are really depending upon their lives as Christians for their acceptance before God. Those who... Read More

QUESTION. But cannot Christ be hid? Answer. Not of himself. It is hard to hide a great fire, or to cast a covering upon sweet odours, that they smell not. Christ's name is as a sweet ointment poured out: he is a mountain of spices, and he is a strong savour of heaven, and of the higher paradise. You... Read More

ON THE LATTER PART OF OUR LORD'S SERMON ON THE MOUNT, CONTAINED IN THE SIXTH AND SEVENTH CHAPTERS OF MATTHEW. MATTHEW 6-7 Chapter 1 1. The subject of mercy, with the treatment of which the first book came to a close, is followed by that of the cleansing of the heart, with which the present one begin... Read More

DIRECTION XI.--SECOND GENERAL PART. [How to perform the duty commanded--a directory for prayer.] 'Praying always with all prayer and supplication,' &c. (Eph. 6:18). Having despatched the duty of prayer in general, we now come to give an account of the several branches in the exhortation; which toget... Read More

y the mercy of God I have been a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ since my early youth. Over the years of my earthly pilgrimage I have known what it is like to climb great spiritual mountains and how it feels to fall into chasms of blackness. I have had long seasons of great Christian joy and inten... Read More

Thomas Watson, The Lord's Prayer First published as part of A Body of Practical Divinity, 1692 The Preface to the Lord's Prayer 'Our Father which art in Heaven ' Having gone over the chief grounds and fundamentals of religion, and enlarged upon the decalogue, or ten commandments, I shall speak now u... Read More

'Hallowed be thy name.' Matt 6: 9. Having spoken of the introduction to the Lord's prayer, After this manner therefore pray ye,' and the preface, Our Father which art in heaven;' I come, thirdly, to the prayer itself, which consists of seven petitions. The first petition is: Hallowed be thy name.' I... Read More

'And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.' Matt 6: 13. This petition consists of two parts. First, Deprecatory, Lead us not into temptation.' Secondly, Petitionary, But deliver us from evil.' I. Lead us not into temptation.' Does God lead into temptation? God tempts no man to sin. ... 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

JEWELS from JAMES (Choice devotional selections from the works of John Angell James) We must learn it by painful experience! The death of Christian friends should impress us with, even as it shows us—the vanity of the world . All that poetry ever wrote, even the most mournful, beautiful, and pensive... Read More