To make halts or balks in our way of profession, or crooked paths, in neglect of duty or compliances with the world, in time of trial and persecution, is an evidence of an evil frame of heart, and of a dangerous state or condition. When we see persons in such a state, it is our … Continue reading John Owen – Makes Straight Paths For Your Feet →

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March 12. Never appeared so exceedingly vile and loathsome to myself as I did this day. It seemed as if I could not endure being near myself. No words could express anything like the sense I had of my unworthiness. It seemed as if I could not, for shame, ask God to save me. I … Continue reading Edward Payson – His Diary – 1806 →

Edward Payson – His Diary – 1806

Surely, if ever I knew the appetite of hunger, my soul hungers after righteousness, (Matt. 5:6) and longs for a greater conformity to thy blessed nature and holy will. If ever my palate felt thirst, ‘my soul thirsteth for God, even for the living God,’ (Psa. 42:2) and panteth for the more abundant communication of … Continue reading Phillip Doddridge – Prayers for Assistance to Live the Christian Life – 1745 →

Phillip Doddridge – Prayers for Assistance to Live the Christian Life – 1745

From the British Library, ” 13 children die within the pages of this children’s book. It’s perhaps hard to imagine the appeal for children of accounts of other children dying, but when this book was first published, in 1671-72, attitudes to death were very different. Child mortality was high, attendance at church was governed by … Continue reading James Janeway – A Token For Children – 1 – 1671 →

James Janeway – A Token For Children – 1 – 1671

Andrew Fuller states: “I shall describe the nature and different species of backsliding from God–notice the symptoms of it–trace its injurious and dangerous effects–and point out the means of recovery.” When backsliding is identified: “The same way in which, if we are true Christians, we first found rest to our souls must be pursued in … Continue reading Andrew Fuller – The Dangerous Effects of Backsliding →

Andrew Fuller – The Dangerous Effects of Backsliding

The poor woman in the gospel, which had an issue of blood, “spent all that she had, on physicians, and was never the better:” —so poor sinners empty all the powers of soul, of body, of time, of estate, everything within their reach, upon their lusts; and are as unsatisfied at last as at the … Continue reading Edward Reynolds – The Woeful and Desperate Case of the Physician’s Patient. →

Edward Reynolds – The Woeful and Desperate Case of the Physician’s Patient.

Who can pretend to biblical learning who has not made himself familiar with the great writers who spent a life in explaining someone sacred book? Caryl on Job will not exhaust the patience of a student who loves every letter of the Word.’ ‘Caryl must have inherited the patience of Job to have completed his … Continue reading Joseph Caryl – The Light of the Wicked Shall Be Put Out 1655 →

Joseph Caryl – The Light of the Wicked Shall Be Put Out 1655

It is a woeful thing to consider what slight thoughts the most have of this thing. So men can keep themselves from sin itself in open action, they are content, they scarce aim at more; on any temptation in the world, all sorts of men will venture at any time. How will young men put … Continue reading John Owen – Treatise Of Temptation – Chapter 5 – 1658 →

John Owen – Treatise Of Temptation – Chapter 5 – 1658

The temptation will give oil and fuel to our lusts,—incite, provoke, and make then tumultuate and rage beyond measure. Tendering a lust, a corruption, a suitable object, advantage, occasion, it heightens and exasperates it, makes it for a season wholly predominant: so dealt it with carnal fear in Peter, with pride in Hezekiah, with covetousness … Continue reading John Owen – Of Temptation Chapter 3 – 1658 →

John Owen – Of Temptation Chapter 3 – 1658

What it is to “enter into temptation”—Not barely being tempted—Not to be conquered by it—To fall into it—The force of that expression—Things required unto entering into temptation—Satan or lust more than ordinarily importunate—The soul’s entanglement—Seasons of such entanglements discovered—Of the “hour of temptation,” Rev. iii. 10, what it is—How any temptation comes to its hour—How … Continue reading John Owen – Treatise Of Temptation Chapter 2 →

John Owen – Treatise Of Temptation Chapter 2

“In his treatise, Owen addresses the nature and power of temptation, the risk of entering into it, and the means of avoiding its danger. Owen defines temptation as anything with the ability to entice the Christian’s mind or heart away from obedience to God and redirect it towards sin. Owen warns us that our power … Continue reading John Owen, Of Temptation, Chapter 1 1658 →

John Owen, Of Temptation, Chapter 1 1658

My heart yearns towards you, and will indulge itself a little, because we are both in the same low place—feeling our vileness, and mourning after our Beloved. Surely there never was such an one as I, so weak and wicked; so willful, not full of His will—but of my own. How I need the emptying … Continue reading Letters of Ruth Bryan – about 1852 →

Letters of Ruth Bryan – about 1852

“The great enemy would suggest that you are too filthy for the fountain, too cold for the fire, too much diseased to appear in the presence of the great Physician. He does this in a wily way, bringing to mind, when you would approach the mercy-seat, some shortcoming or misdoing, in order to turn your … Continue reading Ruth Bryan – Letters 1850-1851 (1) →

Ruth Bryan – Letters 1850-1851 (1)

The Christian Life and Character of the Civil Institutions of the United States, Chapter 7 Christian education, from the very beginning of the New England colonies, engaged the attention of the Puritans, and ample provisions were made for the instruction of all the children and youth in every branch of human and divine knowledge. This, … Continue reading B F Morris – CHRISTIAN EDUCATION—ITS IMPORTANCE TO THE CIVIL STATE – 1864 →

B F Morris – CHRISTIAN EDUCATION—ITS IMPORTANCE TO THE CIVIL STATE – 1864

The Christian Life and Character of the Civil Institutions of the United States, 1864 “Of the Puritans, it may be said,” remarks Judge Story, “with as much truth as of any men that have ever lived, that they acted up to their principles, and followed them out with an unfaltering firmness. They displayed at all … Continue reading B F Morris – The Mayflower Compact. →

B F Morris – The Mayflower Compact.

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