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Of Temptation by Owen, John (1616-1683)
The last general direction, Rev. iii. 10: Watch against temptation by constant “keeping the word of Christ’s patience”—What that word is—How it is kept—How the keeping of it will keep us from the “hour of temptation.” The directions insisted on in the former chapters are such as are partly given us, in their several particulars, up and down the Scripture;…
Method of Grace in the Gospel Redemption by Flavel, John (1627-1691)
of his Application to them. Psalm 45:7. Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. The method of grace in uniting souls with Jesus Christ, has been opened in the former discourses; thus does the Spirit, (whose office it is) make application of Christ to God's elect: The result and next fruit whereof is communion with Christ in his graces and benefits.
From the Talmud and Hebraica by Lightfoot, John (1602-1675)
1. In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, [John The Baptist preaching in the wilderness of Judea.] That John was born in Hebron, one may not unfitly conjecture by comparing Luke 1:39 with Joshua 21:11; and that he was born about the feast of the Passover, namely, half a year before the nativity of our Saviour, Luke 1:36.
Art of Divine Contentment: An Exposition of Philippians 4:11 by Watson, Thomas (c. 1620-1686)
CHAPTER XIV Use V. Containing a Christian Directory, or Rules about Contentment. I proceed now to an use of direction, to show Christians how they may attain to this divine art of contentation.
On the Government of God: A Treatise Wherein Are Shown by Argument and by Examples Drawn from the Abandoned Society of the Times the Ways of God To by Salvian (c. 400- c. 480)
... then? Man transgressed the sacred ordinance, underwent judgment, lost paradise and suffered the penalty of damnation. Who can ...
Harmony of the Law - Volume 2 by Calvin, John (1509-1564)
1. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 1. Et loquutus est Jehova ad Mosen, dicendo: 2. Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.
Works of Jonathan Edwards, Volume Two by Edwards, Jonathan (1703-1758)
SERMON XII. Dated, August, 1750. THE PEACE WHICH CHRIST GIVES HIS TRUE FOLLOWERS. JOHN xiv. 27. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.
Complete Works of Thomas Manton, D.D. Vol. II by Manton, Thomas (1620-1677)
. 9. THE apostle here giveth a reason why believers rejoice in the midst of afflictions; they are qualified thereby to receive salvation, yea, in part have it already, ‘Receiving the end of your faith, the salvation of your souls.’ In which words observe:— 1.
Sovereignty of God by Pink, Arthur Walkington (1886-1952)
CHAPTER ELEVEN DIFFICULTIES AND OBJECTIONS "Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not My way equal? are not your ways unequal?" (Ezek.
NPNF1-04. Augustine: The Writings Against the Manichaeans and Against the Donatists by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Earlier writers on Manichæism have, for the most part, made the Acta Disp. Archelai et Manetis and the anti-Manichæan writings of Augustin the basis of their representations.