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The Mosaic Covenant: A Reiteration Of Works, An Administration Of Grace Or A Mixture Of Both?
Peter Masters delivered two lectures on the biblical covenants for the 2016 School of Theology, Metropolitan Tabernacle. He asks the question, Was the Mosaic Covenant a reiteration of the Covenant of Works, an administration of the Covenant of Grace or a mixture of both? He takes the view it is a reiteration of the Covenant of Works. I answer,...
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The Life And Ministry Of William Freeman
He had been preaching for five consecutive days before he was taken ill, though he always had bronchitic symptoms. He was engaged to supply at Galeed, Brighton, Oct. 1st and 8th, and on the morning of Oct. 1st preached what is called a funeral sermon, from Rev. 14:13, for our friend, Mr. Joseph Banfield. In the evening he preached from Jn. 6:56, 57, and administered the Lord's supper. Many of the friends felt it good to be there.
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The Life And Testimony Of Elizabeth Game
On August 7th, an hour or so before midnight, our dear mother, Elizabeth Game, fell asleep in Jesus at the comparatively early age of 58 years, after almost a lifetime of trials, borne with scarcely a murmuring word, thus glorifying her Saviour—who gave her the grace—by her life. Her father was a deacon at Providence Baptist Chapel, Glemsford, Suffolk, and thus, from her earliest days, dear mother was instructed in the right paths. Later in life, with her husband (Mr. Goerge Good), she attended Ebenezer Strict Baptist Chapel in the same village.
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Reformed Baptists Stumbling Over The Teachings Of Keach And Gill
Peter Masters believes Benjamin Keach and John Gill collapsed the Covenant of Redemption into the “conditional” Covenant of Grace, thereby combining the various components of each covenant into one. Samuel Renihan believes Keach rejected the Covenant of Redemption in favor of the “conditional” Covenant of Grace. I have met Reformed Baptists believing one or the other of these views, some of whom say they derive great benefit, especially from the teachings of Gill.
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The Life And Ministry Of Samuel Jones
As my father, Mr. Samuel Jones, late of Peckham Grove, Camberwell (a notice of whose death appeared in last month's obituary of the EARTHEN VESSEL), was all his life identified with the Strict Baptist body, a short sketch, drawn up mainly from his own manuscript, may not be uninteresting. He was born at 23, Budge-row, London, June 21, 1817, of respectable, God-fearing parents. At first his life was despaired of; and he says, writing in 1872: "I was a sickly child for some time, and in the nurse's arms till I was three years of age;
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The Life And Testimony Of Maria M’Kenzie
In early life she belonged to the Church of England, but, on Mr. M'Kenzie going forth to preach the truth in Preston and the neighbourhood, she was led to hear him, and the word was made a blessing to her soul. She cast in her lot with the people, and was baptized. She was afterwards taken seriously ill in London while Mr. M'Kenzie was supplying there; but God, in his mercy, raised her up again, and she was enabled to bless his dear name for his goodness in her recovery.
