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Commentary on the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians

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John Calvin



In 1548, Calvin published his "Commentaries on six of St Paul's Epistles, viz., Corinthians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians and Tim…

To My Younger Brethren

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Handley Moule and Handley Carr Glyn Moule



Let me explain in this first sentence that when in these pages I address "my Younger Brethren," I mean brethren in the Christian M…

Concerning Grace and Free Will

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Saint Bernard of Clairvaux and Saint Bernard Of Clairvaux



The subject of the treatise was suggested, as is plain from the text itself, as the result of a public, or at any rate semi-public, discussi…

The Sermons upon the Epistle of Saint Paul to the Ephesians

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John Calvin



While many of Calvin's sermons are now lost after they were sold by weight by the library of Geneva, his sermons on Ephesians have been pres…

Marriage: its ethic and religion

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P. T. Forsyth



The expansion of a lecture delivered in connection with the National Council of Public Morals (Note on inside cover)

Cases of Conscience Resolved

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John Owen



Questions and answers delivered at church meetings on various subjects, particularly relating to personal holiness, grace and sin, belonging…

The Principles of the Christian Religion Expressed in Plain and Easy Verse

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Philip Doddridge



The little verses now before the reader were written at the desire of my most worthy and honoured friend, the Reverend Mr. Clark of St. Alba…

Prayers of the Early Church

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J. Manning Potts



There are prayers of our Lord, the apostles, the martyrs, and the saints covering the period of the Early Church from its beginning through …

The Fundamentals Volume 1

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G. Campbell Morgan



The Fundamentals: A Testimony To The Truth (generally referred to simply as The Fundamentals) is a set of ninety essays published between 19…

A Doubter's Doubts About Science and Religion

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Sir Robert Anderson



A DOUBTER'S Doubts about Science and Religion was first published anonymously, at a time when the author was Assistant Commissioner of Polic…

The Epistle of St Paul to the Romans

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Handley Carr Glyn Moule



He who attempts to expound the Epistle to the Romans, when his sacred task is over, is little disposed to speak about his Commentary; he is …

Malachi, from Horae Homileticae

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Charles Simeon



Simeon's Works, as they were published 1832, fill twenty-one large octavo volumes, and the title-page reads, "Horae Homileticae or Disc…

The Explanation of the Apocalypse

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The Venerable Bede



The Explanation of the Apocalypse by Ven. Beda is the earliest of the many works of our own writers on that Book, and, as such, may well des…

The B. B. Warfield Collection, Volume 1

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Benjamin B. Warfield



Many of B. B. Warfield's diverse and erudite theological writings were published as long articles in The Princeton Theological Review, somet…

The Night of Weeping

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Horatius Bonar



It is no easy matter to write a book for the family of God. Yet it is for them that these thoughts on chastisement are written.They may be f…

The Extant Works of St. Pacian of Barcelona

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Pacian Of Barcelona



Pacian, Bishop of Barcelona in the Pyrenees, of chastened eloquence, eminent for his life as for his writings, wrote various works, of which…

The Everlasting Man

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G. K. Chesterton



This book needs a preliminary note that its scope be not misunderstood. The view suggested is historical rather than theological, and does n…

The Reformation Collection Volume 1

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Various



This volume of the Reformation collection begins with a summary of Protestant belief in the form of the Belgic Confession and John Calvin's …

The Early Church Collection Volume 1

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Various



The collection begins with two short works on the Trinity by Gregory of Nyssa, followed by two works on Christology by Theodoret and Pope Le…

A Dissertation on the Inspiration of the New Testament

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Philip Doddridge



Doddridge defines 'inspiration' and explains in what sense the New Testament writers are self-aware in their claim to it and the logical inc…

The B. B. Warfield Collection, Volume 2

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Benjamin B. Warfield



Warfield wrote many articles for Bible dictionaries and encyclopedias on diverse subjects and managed to condense dense subjects into the li…

Some Passages of the Life and Death of the Right Honourable John, Earl of Roche…

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Gilbert Burnet



I believe that the good Bishop of Salisbury's account of the last days of poor young Rochester would, if carefully read, make more impressio…

The Morning of Joy

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Horatius Bonar



I have been asked, once and again, to follow up "The Night of Weeping " with "The Morning of Joy," the words of David, i…

A Paraphrase Upon the Epistle of Paul to the Galatians

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Thomas Boston



The "Paraphrase on the Epistle to the Galatians" was written in his younger years, while he was minister of Simprin, for his own i…

On the Death of Satyrus and On the Belief in the Resurrection

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Saint Ambrose



Two related addresses occasioned by the unexpected death of Ambrose's brother Satyrus: On the Death of a Brother (De excessu fratris Satyri)…

The Reformation Collection Volume 2

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Various



This volume of the Reformation collection, which has a particular focus on the English Reformation, begins with William Tyndale's lively tra…

On Lying

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Saint Augustine of Hippo



I have also written a Book on Lying, which though it takes some pains to understand, contains much that is useful for the exercise of the mi…

Two Godly and Learned Sermons

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John Calvin



Two godly and learned sermons, made by that famous and worthy instrument in God's church, John Calvin. Which sermons were long since transla…

The Age of the Puritans Volume 1

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Various



This volume of The Age of the Puritans begins with William Perkin's concise summary of Christian doctrine written in response to popular mis…

Christianity and Liberalism

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John Gresham Machen



The purpose of this book is not to decide the religious issue of the present day, but merely to present the issue as sharply and clearly as …

Scripture Texts with Expositions and Sentence-prayers from Calvin's Commentarie…

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John Calvin



The prayers of John Calvin, however, have received little attention, as compared with the fame which crowns his theological writings. His co…

Dogmatic Theology - Soteriology

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William G. T. Shedd



A systematic exposition of the doctrine of salvation from one of America's most notable theologians of the 19th century. - Summary by InTheD…

Conciliatory or Irenical Animadversions on the Controversies Agitated in Britai…

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Hermann Witsius



The Antinomian-Neonomian controversy of the 17th century was initiated by the republication of a set of sermons by Tobias Crisp entitled &qu…

The Reformation Collection Volume 3

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Various



This volume of the Reformation collection, begins with John Calvin's summary of the contents for the Bible from the preface to the Geneva Bi…

Commentary on Romans

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Theodoret Of Cyrus



Theodoret was born at Antioch, A.D. 386. His studies were pursued under Theodore of Mopsuista and Chrysostom, from the works of the latter o…

A Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans

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John Calvin



Of all commentators I believe John Calvin to be the most candid...He was no trimmer and pruner of texts. He gave their meaning as far as he …

The B. B. Warfield Collection, Volume 3

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Benjamin B. Warfield



This volume showcases the diversity of Warfield's interests: as a systematic theologian, New Testament scholar, historian and churchman. Inc…

Christianity in the 18th and 19th Century, Volume 1

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Various



The 30 works in this volume are arranged thematically around the following headings: materialism or anti-supernaturalism (responses to David…

A Treatise of Earthly-mindedness

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Jeremiah Burroughs



Of Earthly-mindedness, Wherein is shewed,1. What Earthly-mindedness is.2. The Evils of Earthly-mindedness.3. Several Convincements of Earthl…

The Early Church Collection Volume 2

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Various



This collection begins with Augustine's response to the charge that Christians, unlike anyone else in the world, believe in things that cann…

The Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching

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Irenaeus



Eusebius in his Ecclesiastical History tells us that in addition to his great work Against Heresies, St Irenaeus wrote A Discourse in Demons…

The Plan of Salvation

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Benjamin B. Warfield



Five Lectures Delivered at The Princeton Summer School of Theology, June, 1914. In these lectures, Warfield distinguishes between different …

Essays and Reviews

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Charles Hodge



Charles Hodge, one of America's foremost theologians, founded the Princeton Review (originally 'Biblical Repertory') in 1825. Hodge took the…

Bethlehem

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Frederick William Faber



There are several ways in which we may treat of the mysteries of the Three-and-Thirty Years of our dearest Lord. We may look at each of them…

Observations and Reflections

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Augustus M. Toplady



These considerations by Mr. Toplady, and the extracts, are arranged under their respective heads. Diamonds never appear so splendid, as when…

The Art of Prophesying

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William Perkins



A treatise concerning the sacred and only true manner and method of preaching. To the faithful ministers of the gospel and to all that are d…

Christianity in the 18th and 19th Century, Volume 2

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Various



The 32 works in this volume contain many diverse works from the period including sermons, essays, letters, commentaries, poems and reports. …

The Age of the Puritans Volume 2

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Various



This volume of The Age of the Puritans (late 16th century and 17th century) begins with Theodore Beza's 1575 catechism, brief and simple eno…

An Exposition upon the Song of the Blessed Virgin Mary called Magnificat

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Martin Luther



Luther's 1521 exposition of the Magnificat was written for John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1503-1554), at that time a teenager. It was …

Heraclitus, or Man's Looking-glass and Survey of Life

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Pierre Du Moulin



This book is no other than a perfect map of man and anatomy of all ages; A "nosce te ipsum", which is the highest pitch and hardes…

The B. B. Warfield Collection, Volume 4

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Benjamin B. Warfield



This volume contains a prevalence of items relating to Warfield's interests in Christology and in the thought of John Calvin. It also contai…

Christus Consolator: Words for Hearts in Trouble

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Handley Carr Glyn Moule



This book is intended principally to remind those whose hearts the European War has stricken of the hope and comfort which lie ready for the…

Institutes of the Christian Religion, Books 1-4 (Allen Translation)

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John Calvin



At the head of the list of Calvin’s writings stands his great dogmatic treatise — the Institutes of the Christian Religion. In a very litera…

The Analogy of Religion to the Constitution and Course of Nature

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Joseph Butler



Joseph Butler's great work is the Analogy, published in 1736, and from that day read and admired by every highly-cultivated mind. He was ind…

The Faithful Covenanter

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Richard Sibbes



The Faithful Covenanter in two sermons upon Genesis 17:7 by the late learned and reverend divine,Richard Sibbs, Doctor in divinity, master o…

Sermons on Psalm 119

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John Calvin



The reading-over of these present sermons will sufficiently declare what commodity and profit they may bring with them: As in very deed the …

Apologia

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John Newton



Four Letters to a Minister of an Independent Church by a Minister of the Church of EnglandQuid me alta silentia cogis rumpere? - Virgil (&qu…

The Quaker's Catechism

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Richard Baxter



I suppose thou wilt marvel that I trouble myself with so wild a generation as the people called Quakers are or that I trouble thee with a fe…

The Early Church Collection Volume 3

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Various



This collection begins with Augustine's exposition of the Apostles' Creed, a confession of faith (particularly addressing the Trinity) attri…

On the Incarnation

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Athanasius of Alexandria



This treatise and that which in the editions of Athanasius immediately precedes it, the contra Gentes, were often counted as two parts of a …

Lamentation of a Sinner

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Catherine Parr



The Lamentation of a Sinner was written in 1544, the year where Parr took on the role of Regent for a number of months when Henry VIII was f…

Charles Simeon

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Handley Carr Glyn Moule



Charles Simeon had come up to King’s college from Eton, a wild undergraduate, famous for his love of horses and extravagance in dress; but o…

On Adulterous Marriages

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Saint Augustine of Hippo



One named Pollentius having written to him upon the question of separation in case of adultery, engaged him to write the books "On Adul…

What is Darwinism?

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Charles Hodge



This is a question which needs an answer. Great confusion and diversity of opinion prevail as to the real views of the man whose writings ha…

Theophilus or Love Divine

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Pierre Du Moulin



A treatise containing five degrees, five marks, five aids, of the love of God. - Summary from title page

Lectures on Butler's Analogy

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Thomas Chalmers



Thomas Chalmers had read, when a young man, several infidel productions. Their semblance of logic and learning, and supercilious confidence …

On the Spirit and the Letter

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Saint Augustine of Hippo



The Tribune Marcellinus having received the books ''On the Merit of Sins," wrote to St. Augustine that he was surprised at what he had …

The History of the Church of Christ: Century III

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Joseph Milner



It is certain, that from our Saviour's time to the present, there have ever been persons whose dispositions and lives have been formed by th…

Hosea: from The Holy Bible with Original Notes

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Thomas Scott



Hosea, whose prophecy we now enter upon, exercised his sacred office for a great many years: he predicted the captivity of the ten Tribes lo…

The Early Church Collection Volume 4

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Various



This volume of the Early Church collection begins with Gregory of Nyssa's defense of the divinity of the Holy Spirit and Eusebius' account o…

A Rescue from Death, with a Return of Praise

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Richard Sibbes



A sermon, preached after the cessation of the 1625-1626 plague in London, where "from above five thousand a week it is come to three pe…

Discourses on the Christian Revelation Viewed in Connection with the Modern Ast…

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Thomas Chalmers



The astronomical objection against the truth of the Gospel, does not occupy a very prominent place in any of our Treatises of Infidelity. It…

A Breviate of the Life of Margaret Baxter

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Richard Baxter



A breviate of the life of Margaret, the daughter of Francis Charlton, of apply in Shropshire, esq. and wife of Richard Baxter. For the use o…

Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, Book 1

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Richard Hooker



Hooker resolved to investigate the position of the English Church, and to attempt to answer the question What is the basis upon which Church…

The Revelation of Law in Scripture

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Patrick Fairbain



The subject of 'The Revelation of Law in Scripture' is profoundly important at all times, but especially in the present day, when it is brou…

The History of the Church of Christ: Century IV

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Joseph Milner



It is certain, that from our Saviour's time to the present, there have ever been persons whose dispositions and lives have been formed by th…

Homiletics: Classification of Divisions

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William Paxton



This lecture comes from Paxton's Homiletics (preaching) class at Princeton Seminary. The 'classification of divisions' refers to different s…

On Subjects Connected with the Christian Ministry

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Richard Cecil



A collection of brief observations about the Christian ministry, grouped thematically. "On my first intercourse with Mr. Cecil, now upw…

Commentary on the Heidelberg Catechism

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Zacharias Ursinus



These lectures present a complete exposition of all the leading doctrines of the Christian religion in a most concise and simple form, adapt…

A Word to the Weary

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William S. Plumer



Sin and sorrow are twin sisters. They were born the same day. They have grown up together. It is as idle to say that there is no misery as t…

The B. B. Warfield Collection, Volume 5

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Benjamin B. Warfield



This volume of the B.B. Warfield collection has a particular focus on articles on humanity, emotional terminology in the Bible and book revi…

Man's Restoration by Grace

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Thomas Goodwin



A discourse of the several parts which the three persons of the Godhead bear in the accomplishment of our salvation, and that they have take…

Two Short Catechisms

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John Owen



The first edition of these Catechisms issued from the press in 1645. Dr Owen had at that time the charge of the parish of Fordham in Essex, …

A Practical Treatise of Fear

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John Flavel



Wherein the various kinds, uses, causes, effects, and remedies thereof are distinctly opened and prescribed, for the relief and encouragemen…

Meditations and Prayers

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John Bradford



The writings of Bradford, as a chaplain and friend of Bishop Ridley, are of interest to all churchmen; and they embrace topics of deep impor…

A Token for Children

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James Janeway



Some of you have had the privilege to carry in your bosoms some of those . . . unfledged angels sent here but for a little while and then ca…

Commentary on Hebrews Chapter 8

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John Owen



I should rejoice if any of you felt emboldened on . my advice to grapple with a work so ponderous as Owen’s Commentary on that Epistle - a l…

A Booke of Christian Questions and Answers

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Theodore Beza



A book of Christian questions and answers wherein are set forth the chief points of the Christian religion. A work right necessary and profi…

The Power of God unto Salvation

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Benjamin B. Warfield



The sermons included in this volume have all been preached in the chapel of the theological seminary at Princeton. - Summary by Cover Page

Christianity in the 18th and 19th Century, Volume 3

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Various



This volume has a particular focus on the doctrine of God, the covenants, gospel ministry, archaeology and the raising of children. - Summar…

Exodus from The Self-Interpreting Bible

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John Brown



Contains a history of one hundred and forty-five years, and therein exhibits the fulfilment of God's promises to the patriarchs, in the mult…

The Reformation Collection Volume 4

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Various



This volume of the Reformation collection has a particular focus on the works of Zacharias Ursinus, writer of the Heidelberg Catechism. It a…

Forty-One Letters on Religious Subjects

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John Newton



Among the excellences which appear in all the published letters of Newton, we may mention:In the first place, the grand design — the high an…

Is the Higher Criticism Scholarly?

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Robert Dick Wilson



What Robert Dick Wilson then believed, and now believes with all his heart is this: that textual and historical Biblical controversies shoul…

The Age of the Puritans, Volume 3

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Various



This volume of Age of the Puritans contains a wide diversity of writers and topics from the later 16th and 17th centuries. Not all would ide…

The Righteous Man's Refuge

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John Flavel



A Treatise Upon the Attributes of God, As They are Opened in His Promises and Providences for the Security of His People in the Storms of Pu…

Three Homilies concerning the Power of Demons

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St. John Chrysostom



These homilies deal with errors against which Chrysostom throughout his life most strenuously contended. In an age of great depravity there …

The Incomparableness of God

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George Swinnock



The Incomparableness of God, in His Being, Attributes, Works, and Word"For who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord? who among th…

The Letters of John Knox

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John Knox



The letters... will perhaps more clearly exhibit the temper and character of Knox, than his more elaborate compositions: but to understand t…

Faith

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Benjamin B. Warfield



This extensive dictionary entry on the biblical definition of faith was originally published in A Dictionary of the Bible, edited by James H…

Christian Home Life

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S. S. Pugh



The more carefully we consider the law of the family as ordained by God, and view it in relation to the higher necessities of man’s spiritua…

A Treatise on Death

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Otho Wermullerus



A most fruitful, pithy and learned treatise, how a Christian man ought to behave himself in the danger of death and how they are to be relie…

A Treatise of the Fear of God

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John Bunyan



“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,” and “a fountain of life”—the foundation on which all wisdom rests, as well as the source …

Exodus, from Horae Homileticae

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Charles Simeon



Simeon's Works, as they were published 1832, fill twenty-one large octavo volumes, and the title-page reads, "Horae Homileticae or Disc…

The Gospel of the Incarnation

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Benjamin B. Warfield



Two sermons preached in the chapel of Princeton Theological Seminary, October 9, 1892 and January 8, 1893 to the students of Princeton Semin…

The First Epistle of Paul to Timothy, Analytically Expounded

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David Dickson



Dickson is a writer after our own heart. For preachers he is a great ally. There is nothing brilliant or profound; but everything is clear a…

The Gospel-Mystery of Sanctification

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Walter Marshall



Among the professors of a religious course, some do still adhere unto a legal scheme of holiness, vainly making it the reason of their peace…

Preparations for Sufferings

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John Flavel



That sufferings, both bodily and mental, are the lot of humanity, the testimony of scripture and reason abundantly confirm. But whatever may…

The Troubled Man's Medicine

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William Hugh



In two books, the one comforting a man being in trouble, adversity, or sickness; the other to teach a man to die both patiently and gladly v…

The Importance of the Gospel Ministry

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Samuel Miller



An introductory lecture delivered at the opening of the winter session of the theological seminary at Princeton, New-Jersey, November 9. 182…

The Devotions of Bishop Andrewes

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Lancelot Andrewes



The following Translation of the Greek Devotions of Bishop Andrewes is made from the Edition of 1675, and has already appeared in a publicat…

A Spiritual Antidote against Sinful Contagion in Dying Times

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Thomas Doolittle



A cordial for believers in dying times with a corrosive for wicked men in dying times at first written as a letter to private friends in dai…

A Body of Practical Divinity

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Thomas Watson



Mr. Watson published a variety of books upon practical subjects, and of a useful nature. But his principal work was his Body of Divinity in …

Seed Thoughts

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Joseph Caryl



There is a work which few men possess, and which we are assured that no man alive ever ventured to read through. It is in two mighty folios,…

Compendium of the Summa Theologica of St Thomas Aquinas: Pars Prima

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Saint Thomas Aquinas, Bernardus Bonjoannes and Wilfrid Lescher



This Compendium, written in the sixteenth century, has several advantages over later ones; the subject matter being so condensed as to exhib…

The Heart of Christ in Heaven towards Sinners on Earth

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Thomas Goodwin



A Treatise demonstrating the Gracious Disposition and Tender Affection of Christ, in his Human Nature now in Glory, unto his Members, under …

Christianity in the 18th and 19th Century, Volume 4

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Various



This volume contains sermons and articles on the Christian life, the Christian ministry, politics, exegetical works, apologetics, biography …

Exposition of the Seventeenth Chapter of the Gospel by St John

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Martin Luther



These my homilies concerning the prayer of our Lord Jesus Christ, which St. John has delivered down to us in his seventeenth chapter, I not …

Christian Oeconomie

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William Perkins



A Short Survey of the Right Manner of Erecting and Ordering a Family According to the Scriptures.Proverbs 24:3-4 Through wisdom is an house …

Exposition of 2nd Corinthians Chapter 4

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Richard Sibbes



Consider this treatise as posthumous. The notes were taken from his mouth by the pen of a ready writer, and a person of note and integrity, …

The Theological Tractates

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Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius



It was in the last dozen years of his life that Boethius wrote on a vastly different topic, or what one might imagine a vastly different top…

The Joachim Neander Collection

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Various



This collection brings together biography, history, theology, hagiography and hymns to gather as many articles as possible about the German …

Homilies on Romans

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St. John Chrysostom



St. Chrysostom's commentary on the Epistle to the Romans is one of the closest and most argumentative of those he has left us... The rhetori…

The Second Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, Analytically Expounded

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David Dickson



Dickson is a writer after our own heart. For preachers he is a great ally. There is nothing brilliant or profound; but everything is clear a…

Maister Bezae's Household Prayers

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Theodore Beza



Holy prayers of a faithful soul for the consolation and perfection of a Christian life. - Summary by Title Page

The Codes of Hammurabi and Moses

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William W. Davies



The discovery of the Hammurabi Code is one of the greatest achievements of archaeology, and is of paramount interest, not only to the studen…

A Fort for the Afflicted in an Exposition Upon the Sixth Psalm of David

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John Knox



Wherein is Declared His Cross, Complaints, and Prayers Most Necessary to Be Read of All Them for Their Singular Comfort That, Under the Bann…

The B. B. Warfield Collection, Volume 6

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Benjamin B. Warfield



These 31 articles from Warfield treat the Bible, Christology, theology and apologetics. It also contains a number of his prolific book revie…

A Cure for the Cankering Error of the New Eutychians

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Thomas Monck



A cure for the cankering error of the new Eutychians who (concerning the truth) have erred saying that our blessed Mediator did not take his…

The Gospel According to St. Mark, Volume 1

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John Daniel Jones



Bible students and Bible readers have long felt the necessity for some commentary which should aim simply and solely at helping the spiritua…

St Augustine's Treatise on the City of God

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Saint Augustine of Hippo



After the storming and the sack of Rome by the Goths under their king, Alaric, the worshippers of false gods or heathen, as we call them, tr…

The Gospel According to Mark, from Gnomon of the New Testament

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Johann Albrecht Bengel



The Gnomon of the New Testament, by John Albert Bengel is the scholar's delight. He selected the title as modest and appropriate, intending …

A Discourse of the Supereminence of Christ above Moses

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Thomas Goodwin



Of the More Excellent Glory and Power Which Accompanies His Promulgation of the Gospel, Than Did Accompany the Giving of the Law on Mount Si…

God's Terrible Voice in the City

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Thomas Vincent



Wherein you have:I. The sound of the voice, in the narration of the two late dreadfull judgments of plague and fire, inflicted by the Lord u…

The Early Church Collection, Volume 5

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Various



This collection begins with two biographical sketches, followed by the extant works of St. Patrick of Ireland. John Chrysostom's first homil…

Three Sermons on Hebrews 1:1-2

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Thomas Goodwin



God, who at sundry times, and in divers manners, spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us…

London's Lamentation for Her Sins

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William Crashaw



London's lamentation for her sins and complaint to the Lord her God out of which may be picked a prayer for private families, for the time o…

On the Good of Marriage

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Saint Augustine of Hippo



This treatise, and the following, were written against somewhat that still remained of the heresy of Jovinian. S. Aug. mentions this error i…

The Directory for the Public Worship of God

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Westminster Assembly



The Directory for Public Worship of God, Agreed upon by the Assembly of Divines at Westminster with the Assistance of Commissioners from the…

A Family Well-Ordered

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Cotton Mather



An essay to render parents and children happy in one another handling two very important cases: I. What are the duties to be done by pious p…

Christ's Eternal Existence and the Dignity of His Person Asserted and Proved

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Thomas Manton



Here are presented to thy view some of the further profitable and pious labours of that eminent divine, Dr Manton (now with God), who though…

Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, Book 2

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Richard Hooker



Hooker resolved to investigate the position of the English Church, and to attempt to answer the question What is the basis upon which Church…

Ecclesiastes

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Desiderius Erasmus



Ecclesiastes or, the preacher. An essay on the duties of a public religious instructor; chiefly taken from a Latin treatise on this subject …