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On Sanctification
By John Gill (1697-1771) To which of the Divine Persons is the sanctification of the believer attributed? (1) God the Father, by electing love. There is a sanctification which is more peculiarly ascribed to God the Father; and which is no other than his eternal election of men to it: under the law, persons and things separated and devoted to…
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The Gospel Law
Question 1. What blessings are connected with faith in Christ Jesus? Answer. The blessings connected with faith in Christ Jesus are, a freedom from the bondage of sin, Satan, the world, death and the law, with free access to the Father, and a hearty welcome to all the glory of the gospel and the blessings of God's house. (Jn 3.14-17;…
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The Child of Liberty in Legal Bondage: Preface
The Child of Liberty in Legal Bondage or, The Son and Heir in the Servant's Yoke. A Sermon, Preached at Monkwell Street Meeting, Sept. 9, 1794, by William Huntington (1745-1813)"I am shut up, I cannot come forth." Psalm 88:8 "Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke." Jeremiah 31:18 TO MR. HUNTINGTON. London,…
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The Child of Liberty in Legal Bondage: Introduction
"Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage," Gal. 5:1 When the apostle came first into the regions of Galatia, he and his message were most cordially received. His personal deformity, which he calls the temptation in his flesh, they despised not, but received him as…
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The Child of Liberty in Legal Bondage: Darkness (1/11)
I come now to treat of this spirit of bondage, and the workings of it; and, when I have so done, shall appeal to the experience of all real believers; and I verily think that, where the redoubtable Mr. Hector has one believer's voice against it, I shall have an hundred for it, because I know that God's saints are…
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The Child of Liberty in Legal Bondage: Slavish Fear (2/11)
2. Of the fear that attends this spirit of bondage. By which I do not mean filial fear; for that is a grace of the Holy Spirit, planted in the heart by him, and has the goodness of God in Christ for its object. This fear is a reverential awe of a good and gracious God, that presents us under…
