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"13. Come to read it with an honest heart. [Luke 8:15] (a) Willing to know the entire and complete will of God (b) reading in order to be changed and made better by it [John 17:17]."


New Thomas Goodwin: His Life, Times, and Quest for Assurance by Guy Davies. An excellent paper presented to the Congregational Studies Conference in Britain in 1994. Davies combines a short biography of Goodwin with insights into his writings, theology, and doctrine of Assurance. Many useful references and footnotes, a good introduction to this important Puritan. Word format (44K)   PDF format (97K)

New The Love of Christ
A series of exracts from The Parable of the Ten Virgins. Edwards thought highly of the Parable, read these extracts and see why.

Containing Motives and Arguments to Persuade Us unto the Love of Christ, and to be Espoused to Him.
Love Christ Because of His Glory
Love Him Because of His Love to You
Consider How Christ Will Love You.
Love the Lord Jesus!
How Shall I know that the Lord Loves Me?
He Loves You with an Unmeasurable Love.
Behold the Happiness of those Espoused to Christ
Download all of the above as a single document. Word format (23K)   PDF format (48K)

New An Appreciation of Shepard by Alexander Whyte.Word format  PDF format

New How to Get the Most from Reading your Bible by Thomas Watson. A modernised summary of a sermon containing the marrow of the Puritan teaching on Scripture. Short and to the point. Submitted by Matthew Vogan.

New The Warrant of Faith by Charles Spurgeon. A needed corrective to the hyper-Calvinism of his day, and ours as well. An important sermon. PDF format (50K)

New Heaven's Grand Repository by Ralph Erskine. A complete sermon about Christ, glorifying Christ, exalting Christ. Here are grand riches indeed. It's a long sermon, (102K, 33 pages) but well worth reading. This is a good one. Word (40K)  PDF format (74K)
Also: What is that Good that All Things Shall Work For? A Beauty of Erskine. (A short extract from a sermon on Romans 8:28.)

New The Wisdom of Patience by Thomas Goodwin. A complete sermon from Patience and Its Perfect Work, in the original language. Goodwin is a little hard to read, but his warmth and spiritual application is worth the effort. Word  PDF format
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God the Fountain of Salvation for All His Elect A complete sermon combining Goodwin's theological depth with a tender, gracious heart. This and the following sermon are from his masterful sermon series on Ephesians. (53K) Word  PDF format (53K)
The Greatness of God's Love to His Elect Is there any greater subject for a sermon? Or any better preacher to preach it? (67K) Word  PDF format (68K)

Correspondents of Samuel Rutherford by Alexander Whyte. Interesting, spiritual, warm essays about the people Rutherford knew as friends and correspondents. Here are seven new ones; see also the complete Rutherford Index.
 Lady Boyd Word
 Lady Robertland Word
 Jean Brown Word
 John Gordon Word
 Alexander Gordon Word
 Earlston the Younger Word
 Robert Gordon Word
 John Gordon of Rusco Word

Ralph Erskine's Marvellous Ministry by Dr. G. Ella. The life and ministry of a great preacher and warm Christian. Reprinted from The Banner of Sovereign Grace Truth. Word

The Tender Mercies of God by Edward Griffin. "All the pleasures of imagination, of memory, of hope, of sympathy, and of sense; all the magic charms which play on nature's face, are the gifts of his bounteous hand." Classic Griffin. Word

More Letters by John Newton
Five Letters to Mr. C
Newton writes to a divinity student, who wrestles with the attractions of academic honours and his call to an evangelical ministry. His Christian zeal wins out, with awkward results. Newton offers his wisdom and experience to an impetuous youth.
Eight Letters to Mrs. ****
Helpful letters to a woman who is troubled by her sin, and that of her unsaved friends. Practical advice to a person in the world, but not of it.
Five Letters to Miss D****
Letters to a young woman. Warm, spiritual counsel.
Download the Letters and Poems of Newton in a Trelligram. From a single file you can read and print all the letters and poems on Fire and Ice. (195K, requires Windows 95 or higher) (More about Trelligrams)

Richard Baxter and His Gospel by Maurice Roberts. An address delivered on the 300th anniversary of Baxter's death, Roberts gives a summary of Baxter's significance to preachers today. Word

What does it Mean to Adopt the Westminster Confession? by Charles Hodge. A short essay on an important point for ministers, elders, deacons, and candidates for these offices. From his son's commentary on the Confession. Word

New But What is it to Eat and Drink Unworthily? by Charles Hodge. A very short extract from his commentary on 1 Corinthians. Very helpful.

New Rutherford Section New letters, essays by Alexander Whyte and John Howie, poems, and lots, lots more. Enjoy!!

The Letters of Samuel Rutherford
Five letters of Rutherford, now with footnotes and Scripture references. (Requires a browser capable of handling frames.)
Download Rutherford's letters as a Windows HelpFile. Includes footnotes, references and additional information. (68K, requires Windows 3.1 or higher.)


How To Know If You Are A Real Christian A sermon by Jonathan Edwards. 38K Word  PDF format (43K)

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"We use to say, "Experience teaches fools." Surely there is not an experienced saint, but will find, that by all the good things and bad things he hath been trysted with, by all the various vicissitudes and changes of providence, he hath come to see more of God than he saw before."


"It is this system which the Presbyterian Church is pledged to profess, to defend, and to teach; and it is a breach of faith to God and man if she fails to require a profession of this system by all those whom she receives or ordains as teachers and guides of her people."


"If you and I could make self-moving dragons and elephants, what would it profit us? Blessed be God, that he has given us some glimpses of his wisdom and love! by which our hearts, more hard and lifeless by nature than the stones in the street, are constrained and enabled to move upwards, and to seek after the Lord. He has given us in his word a greater treasure than all that we ever beheld with our eyes, and a hope which shall flourish when the earth and all its works shall be burnt up. What will all the fine things of men's device be worth in that day?"


"Remember also that there are many who start well at the bottom of the hill who never get to the top. We ministers and elders know that only too well; we do not need to be reminded of that. There are the names of scores and scores of young communicants on our session books of whom we well remember how we boasted about them when they took the foot of the hill, but we never mention their names now, or only with a blush and in a whisper."


"We tender our exhortation to believers, in particular, who have run to this strong tower of salvation, the name of the Lord. O admire his goodness, admire his name. He knows all your sins against him, and against his name; yet for his name's sake, he shows mercy. O! let sin against so good a God be abhorred: let his goodness lead you to repentance more and more: "The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord." O believer, are you called by his name; praise him for his mercy, truth, faithfulness: "According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth; thy right hand is full of righteousness," Psal. 18:10."

Updated 3 July, 1998



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