Six signs of true sincerity from a biblical perspective, by William Ames.
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Six signs of true sincerity from a biblical perspective, by William Ames.
So if you feed not the soul diligently and use not the means constantly, you will breed weakness in the soul, and the more secure and remiss you are in the performance of holy duties, the weaker you are.
The thriving trade of Christianity is the secret trade of prayer.
Doctrine without exhortation makes men all brain, no heart; exhortation without doctrine makes the heart full, leaves the brain empty.
Ministers should preach feelingly, experimentally as well as exemplarily.
What a blessed army Christ has listed under His banner of love, who have followed Him through all the dangers of life and time under His conduct.
In this video, Joel Beeke and Paul Smalley of Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary present the ultimate Puritan reading list.
Of all his works, Flavel’s The Fountain of Life stands out from the rest. It is one of the most extensive studies on the person and work of Christ that was produced in seventeenth-century England.
Spiritual watchfulness consists in watching over our soul in a careful and circumspect manner in order that no evil may befall her.
The sermons of Samuel Davies were the most widely sold and most eagerly read sermons on both sides of the Atlantic prior to the Civil War. His work is being rediscovered.
Contentment is a divine thing; it becomes ours, not by acquisition, but by infusion.
From 1584 until his death, Perkins served as lecturer, or preacher, at Great St. Andrew’s Church, Cambridge, a most influential pulpit across the street from Christ’s College. He also served as a fellow at Christ’s College from 1584 to 1595.