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Beatitudes: An Exposition of Matthew 5:1-12 by Watson, Thomas (c. 1620-1686)
Theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:3 Here is high preferment for the saints. They shall be advanced to a kingdom. There are some who, aspiring after earthly greatness, talk of a temporal reign here, but then God’s church on earth would not be militant but triumphant.
Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 39: 1893 by Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892)
"Blessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to eat, and will come forth and serve them.
Works of Philo Judaeus by Philo (c. 20 B.C. - c. A.D. 50)
ON THE LIFE OF MOSES, I Yonge's full title, A Treatise on the Life of Moses, that is to say, On the Theology and Prophetic Office of Moses, Book I. Moses1.I I. (1) I have conceived the idea of writing the life of Moses, who, according to the account of some persons, was the lawgiver of the Jews, but according to others only an interpreter of the sacred laws,…
NPNF1-14. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Gospel of St. John and the Epistle to the Hebrews by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Homily XXIII. Hebrews xi. 7 “By faith Noah, being warned of God χρηματισθείς of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by Faith.” [1.] “By faith” (he says) “Noah being warned of God.” As the Son of God, speaking of His own coming, said,…
Hymns of Methodism in their Literary Relations by Bett, Henry (1876–1953)
apo blefouV ta iera grammata oidaV Many Allusions to Scripture ‘In the year 1729,’ wrote John Wesley, ‘I began not only to read but to study the Bible.’ The results of that devoted study of the Word of God are to be seen in every page that he wrote.
Tryal & Triumph of Faith: or An Exposition of the History of Christ's dispossessing of the daughter of the woman of Canaan by Rutherford, Samuel (1600-1661)
NAY, give me leave to say, that Antinomians make justification and free grace, their common-place of divinity, as if they only had seen the visions of the Almighty, and no other.
Martyrs Mirror by Braght, Thieleman J. van (Thieleman Janszoon) (1625-1664)
AN ACCOUNT OF THE HOLY BAPTISM IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY SUMMARY OF BAPTISM IN THE FOURTEENTH CEN; TURY [The beginning is of the congregations or churches of the Waldenses; concerning whom it is shown that they existed not only in this century, but long before and after, teaching that the baptism of infants is of no avail.
Sermons on Several Occasions by Wesley, John (1703-1791)
Sermon 6 [text from the 1872 edition] The Righteousness of Faith “Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
Discourse of God's being the Author of Reconciliation by Charnock, Stephen (1628-1680)
... sword, set to prevent our entrance into paradise, has lost both its edge and flame. It is by ...
History of the Rise of the Huguenots by Baird, Henry M. (1832-1906)
. THE ASSEMBLY OF NOTABLES AT FONTAINEBLEAU, AND THE CLOSE OF THE REIGN OF FRANCIS THE SECOND. The Assembly of Notables at Fontainebleau,…