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Three Homilies concerning the Power of Demons
These homilies deal with errors against which Chrysostom throughout his life most strenuously contended. In an age of great depravity there …
A Treatise of the Fear of God
“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 …
Two Godly and Learned Sermons
Two godly and learned sermons, made by that famous and worthy instrument in God's church, John Calvin. Which sermons were long since transla…
Preparations for Sufferings
That sufferings, both bodily and mental, are the lot of humanity, the testimony of scripture and reason abundantly confirm. But whatever may…
A Doubter's Doubts About Science and Religion
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
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 …
Man's Restoration by Grace
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…
Scripture Texts with Expositions and Sentence-prayers from Calvin's Commentaries on the Minor Prophets
The prayers of John Calvin, however, have received little attention, as compared with the fame which crowns his theological writings. His co…
Heraclitus, or Man's Looking-glass and Survey of Life
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 Early Church Collection Volume 4
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…
On the Death of Satyrus and On the Belief in the Resurrection
Two related addresses occasioned by the unexpected death of Ambrose's brother Satyrus: On the Death of a Brother (De excessu fratris Satyri)…
Commentary on Hebrews Chapter 8
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…
The Faithful Covenanter
The Faithful Covenanter in two sermons upon Genesis 17:7 by the late learned and reverend divine,Richard Sibbs, Doctor in divinity, master o…
On Adulterous Marriages
One named Pollentius having written to him upon the question of separation in case of adultery, engaged him to write the books "On Adul…
Of Temptation
To one who reads the treatise in the spirit with which the author wrote it, simply that he may judge his own heart, and know what temptation…
The Reformation Collection Volume 3
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…
A Family Well-Ordered
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…
The Morning of Joy
I have been asked, once and again, to follow up "The Night of Weeping " with "The Morning of Joy," the words of David, i…
The Incomparableness of God
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…
On the Good of Marriage
This treatise, and the following, were written against somewhat that still remained of the heresy of Jovinian. S. Aug. mentions this error i…