God’s people have a history of being afflicted by their nearest relations

Isaac is less afflicted, but he enjoys very few of the sweets of life. He also meets with those vexations which do not permit a man to be happy on the earth. Famine drives him from the land of Canaan; his wife is torn from his bosom; his neighbors are ever and anon annoying and [...]

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The Law and the Gospel

Justly, therefore, does the Apostle describe these
handwritings as against the worshipers, and contrary to them, since by
means of them their impurity and condemnation were openly sealed. There
is nothing contrary to this in the fact that they were partakers of the same
grace with ourselves. This they obtained through Christ, and not through
the ceremonies which the Apostle [...]

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The Law and the Gospel

Justly, therefore, does the Apostle describe these
handwritings as against the worshipers, and contrary to them, since by
means of them their impurity and condemnation were openly sealed. There
is nothing contrary to this in the fact that they were partakers of the same
grace with ourselves. This they obtained through Christ, and not through
the ceremonies which the Apostle [...]

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God comprehended in Christ Alone

The first step in piety is, to acknowledge that God is a Father, to defend, govern, and cherish us, until he brings us to the eternal inheritance of his kingdom; that hence it is plain, as we lately observed, there is no saving knowledge of God without Christ, and that, consequently, from the beginning of [...]

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Over the Mountains

OVER THE MOUNTAINS
Charles H Spurgeon
Part One
Part Two
Part Three

“My Beloved is mine, and I am His: He feedeth among the lilies.
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my Beloved,
and be Thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of
Bether.” — Solomon’s Song 2:16, 17.
IT may be that there are saints [...]

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The Lesser Catechism–John Owen

The Lesser Catechism.

Proper for all persons to learn before they be admitted to the
sacrament of the Lord’s supper; and composed for the use of all
congregations in general.
“Come, ye children, hearken to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord,”
–Psalm 34:11
CONTENTS
PREPATORY NOTE BY THE EDITOR
THE EPISTLE DEDICATORY THE LESSER CATECHISM
The Lesser Catechism
1.— Of [...]

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Question Two of 43 on The Nature and extent of Sacred Doctrine–Aquinas

QUESTION 2
THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
(THREE ARTICLES)
Whether the Existence of God is self-evident
Whether it can be demonstrated that God exists
Whether God exists.

Because the chief aim of sacred doctrine is to teach the knowledge of God,
not only as He is in Himself, but also as He is the beginning of things and
their last end, and especially of [...]

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Wisdom, uprightness and moderation

May the table set before them become a snare. It was not on his own account that David pleaded in this manner; but it was a holy zeal for the divine glory which impelled him to summon the wicked to God’s judgment seat. It was also owing to this, that he was not carried away [...]

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Under the Apple Tree

UNDER THE APPLE TREE
Charles Spurgeon
 
Part One
Part Two
 

“I sat down under His shadow with great delight,
and His fruit was sweet to my taste.” — Solomon’s Song 2:3.
CHRIST known should be Christ used. The spouse knew her Beloved to be
like a fruit-bearing tree, and at once she sat under His shadow, and fed
upon His fruit. It is [...]

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Supreme Ruler of the assembly

God presides in the great assembly; he gives judgment among the "gods": How long will you [judge unjustly]? It is unquestionably a very becoming thing for those whom God has been pleased to invest with the government of making for the common good, not to acknowledge the end for which they have been placed in [...]

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