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Why Are We Strict And Particular Baptists?
"Strict and Particular Baptists.'' The title came into prominence in connection with the Norwich Chapel Law-suit of 1860, when it was contended that the Lord's Supper was administered in that place of worship in a way that was opposed to the custom of the founders of the Church and the provisions of the Trust Deed. The decision of the Master…
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While The Earth Remaineth
Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. By faith we view the declarations of Jehovah as the blessings of a father’s love. The returning seasons, the revolving periods of time declare the glory of our heavenly Father; while the Christian meditates upon and gratitude inspires…
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44 Bible Doctrine – The Being (Existence) Of God
I would like to welcome you back to another study in Bible Doctrine. I am pleased to say that we begin this day with the actual content of Gill’s “Body of Divinity”. We are looking at the first thirty chapters, all dealing with the blessed Godhead of the TriUne Jehovah. Of course, I have rearranged these chapters in order to…
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Body Of Divinity: The Being (Existence) Of God (DB1/C1)
Having undertaken to write a System of Theology, or a Body of Doctrinal Divinity; and Theology being nothing else than a speaking of God, or a discoursing concerning him; his nature, names, perfections, and persons; his purposes, providences, ways, works, and word: I shall begin with the Being of God, and the proof and evidence of it; which is the…
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The Life And Ministry Of Ebenezer Vinall
The Open-Place Said: EBENEZER A. VINALL, Died May 6, 1880. Aged 63. Septimus Sears departed! Francis Covell silent! Ebenezer Vinall in the grave! How quickly one after another is called from the Churches where Christ has been preached with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven. “Dust to dust! it mingleth well among the sacred soil.'" After some of the…
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A Poor Sinner, But A Holy Believer
The heathens in their sacrifices were wont to cry out, ‘Keep at a distance, oh ye profane.’ But they withheld not their offerings, lest the unhallowed should be the more polluted, or their sacrifices be defiled by them. For the godly consolation, edification and establishment of sanctified souls, it seemed meet for the Spirit of wisdom, that the apostle Paul…
