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7. The Publican’s Prayer
“God be merciful to me a sinner.”—Luke 18:12 [At the time that the following sermon was preached, Mr. Gadsby had no idea of its ever being printed, nor did he know that a short-hand writer was present to take it down. The sermon was preached at the particular request of a lady on her death-bed, to whom a sermon by…
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8. The Fall Of Peter
“And Peter followed afar off.”—Luke 22:51-62 Preached in Manchester, 9 August 1842 1. Let us look at the weakness of man and the power of temptation. 2. The criminality of Peter. 3. The matchless display of God's grace. 4. The effect produced. 5. The lesson taught us. 1. The weakness of man and the power of temptation. The weakness of…
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9. On Christian Liberty
“If the Son make you free, ye shall be free indeed.”—John 8:36 A Sermon Preached By William Gadsby, In 1842. Much we talk of freedom in our day; much is our mind perplexed about it; but how little is said, and how little we think of the freedom in the text. Freedom in this life concerning temporal matters will benefit…
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10. The Church Commended to the Word of God’s Grace
“And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.”—Acts 20:32 A Sermon Preached By William Gadsby On Tuesday Evening, May 31st, 1842, in Gower Street Chapel, London, on taking leave at the Close of his…
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11. The Love Of God
“Because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.”—Romans 5:5 A Sermon Preached By William Gadsby, July 3rd, 1836. The love of God! Whenever we venture on a subject of such importance, we venture on a profound deep. There is a love which God, as the God of nature,…
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12. The Soul’s Death Unto Sin
Preached on Tuesday Evening, May 25th, 1841, in Gower Street Chapel, London. “For he that is dead is freed from sin.”—Romans 6:7 In the chapter preceding this, the apostle has been led by the Divine Author of the Word to take a view of the two Adams and their two seeds; that Adam the first, by his awful sin and…
