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William Gadsby

William Gadsby (1773-1844) was a Strict and Particular Baptist preacher, writer and philanthropist.

William Gadsby Sermons (Complete)
William Gadsby, Perfect Law Of Liberty (Complete)
William Gadsby's Catechism (Complete)
William Gadsby's Dialogues
William Gadsby's Fragments (Complete)
William Gadsby's Letters (Complete)

  • William Gadsby's Dialogues

    A New-Year’s Gift For The Seed-Royal

    June 6, 2022 /

    A Dialogue Between Speaktruth And Thoughtful “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ."—Ephesians 1:3SPEAKTRUTH: Where now so early this morning, friend Thoughtful? THOUGHTFUL: Indeed, friend Speaktruth, I can scarcely tell you: for the truth is, I am going with the rest of my shop-mates a new-year's gifting, and our master's connexions are so extensive, that I expect we shall go to many places that I know nothing of at present. SPEAKTRUTH: I sincerely wish that what you get may be of real service to you, and not prove a means of leading you into a snare. I should be thankful to see the working-people well laden with what…

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    An Example Of A Mother Explaining The Gospel To Her Child

    July 18, 2018

    An Example Of Parents Explaining The Gospel To Their Child

    July 18, 2018

    An Example Of A Father Explaining The Gospel To His Child

    July 18, 2018
  • William Gadsby, Perfect Law Of Liberty (Complete)

    Introduction

    March 31, 2022 /

    The following treatise is the substance of eleven sermons preached at the Baptist Chapel, St. George's-Road, Manchester. If the author know his own heart, his design in publishing this tract is not to gratify the curious, to amuse the carnal mind, to bolster up the self-righteous in a false hope, nor yet to encourage an Antinomian presumption. He hopes that he has not so learned Christ as to be pleased with anything so opposite to the honour of the dear Redeemer. His design is, to glorify God in the real comfort and edification of his blood-bought family, and to clear the blessed gospel of those blasphemous aspersions which men have cast upon it. How far this end may be answered, he must leave to the…

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    2 What Law Is Intended

    March 31, 2022

    4 Why This Law Is Called A Perfect Law Of Liberty

    March 31, 2022

    3 Why This Law Is Called The Law Of Liberty

    March 31, 2022
  • William Gadsby, Perfect Law Of Liberty (Complete)

    1 What Law Is Not Here Intended

    March 31, 2022 /

    "But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.”—James 1:25 This chapter abounds with wholesome instruction; and whoever reads it, under the teachings of its Divine Author, will have great reason to bless God for its seasonable contents. But my intention, at present, is not to enlarge upon the chapter, but to make a few remarks upon the verse before us as a text; in doing which I will, as far as the Holy Ghost shall be pleased to assist, First,—Endeavour to show what law is not here intended. Secondly,—What law is intended. Thirdly,—Why this law is called a law of liberty.…

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    7 To Speak A Little On The Work That Is Done

    March 31, 2022

    Introduction

    March 31, 2022

    6 To Make A Few Remarks Upon Continuing In This Perfect Law Of Liberty

    March 31, 2022
  • William Gadsby, Perfect Law Of Liberty (Complete)

    2 What Law Is Intended

    March 31, 2022 /

    "But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.”—James 1:25 In showing what law is intended in the text, I shall say that it appears to me to be the glorious Gospel of God our Saviour, which comprehends all the glorious doctrines and promises of love, grace, and mercy; with all the truths connected with, and discovered in, the complete salvation of helpless sinners. A gospel replete with blessings unspeakable and full of glory! and of which Christ is the sum and substance; for without, or separate from, Christ there is no gospel. But in speaking upon this part of the subject,…

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    Introduction

    March 31, 2022

    5 What Is Intended By Looking Into The Perfect Law Of Liberty

    March 31, 2022

    4 Why This Law Is Called A Perfect Law Of Liberty

    March 31, 2022
  • William Gadsby, Perfect Law Of Liberty (Complete)

    3 Why This Law Is Called The Law Of Liberty

    March 31, 2022 /

    In showing why this law is called the law of liberty, I remark, that liberty stands directly opposed to bondage, and that the gospel is a free proclamation of liberty, complete liberty, to poor, captive, insolvent debtors. By the gospel, poor sinners are made free, in spite of all opposition that can be raised against their freedom, by either sin, law, death, or hell; for the truth shall make them free. Such is the glory and importance of the liberty of the gospel, that, to be made a partaker of it, and to be employed in the important work of proclaiming or preaching it to others who are in distress, is the highest favour that can be conferred upon mortals. This divine employ has been…

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    Further Study

    6 To Make A Few Remarks Upon Continuing In This Perfect Law Of Liberty

    March 31, 2022

    8 To Show That This Man Shall Be Blessed In His Deed

    March 31, 2022

    7 To Speak A Little On The Work That Is Done

    March 31, 2022
  • William Gadsby, Perfect Law Of Liberty (Complete)

    4 Why This Law Is Called A Perfect Law Of Liberty

    March 31, 2022 /

    1st. I shall endeavour to show that this law contains a perfection of doctrines. Do we look around us, and behold a world rolling in sin and ungodliness? do we look within and find ourselves a mass of rebellion and wretchedness? and are we led to inquire if there be any possibility of such wretches escaping hell and obtaining heaven? This precious law informs us that it is not only possible, but that it is as certain as that God is God, that a people shall show forth God's praises in eternal glory. Nor are we left at a mere conjecture how this shall be brought about: for "God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he hath loved us, even when…

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    Further Study

    1 What Law Is Not Here Intended

    March 31, 2022

    Introduction

    March 31, 2022

    7 To Speak A Little On The Work That Is Done

    March 31, 2022
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