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The ablest minister (J. C. Philpot, "Meditations on the Preceptive Part of the Word of God") He is the ablest minister who is . . . soundest in doctrine, deepest in experience, most godly in practice. He must have also a gracious experience in his own soul of the truths which he preaches, in their savour, sweetness, and power. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ We have just published Philpot's insightful 134 page book "Meditations on the Preceptive Part of the Word of God" $7.21 Grace Gems (choice electronic books, sermons & quotes) Sovereign Grace Treasures (choice printed books)

Pambus wept when he saw a harlot (Thomas Brooks, "Heaven on Earth" 1667) What labor and pains worldlings take to obtain the vain things of this life--to obtain the poor things of this world, which are but shadows and dreams, and mere nothings! Oh! how should this stir and provoke Christians to be up and doing, to labor as for life--to make sure of spiritual and eternal things! Is earth better than heaven? No! Oh then be ashamed, Christians, that worldlings are more studious and industrious to obtain pebbles, than you are to obtain pearls! They labor to obtain those things which at last will be their burden, their bane, their plague, their hell. You are to labor to obtain those things which will be your joy and crown in life, in death, and in the day of judgment. Pambus wept when he saw a harlot dressed with much care and cost--partly to see one take so much pains to go to hell; and partly because he had not been so careful to please God, as she had been to please her sluttish...

The unsearchable riches of Christ! (Thomas Brooks) There is everything in Christ to encourage the greatest sinners to believe on Him, to rest and lean upon Him for all happiness and blessedness. Christ is . . . the greatest good, the choicest good, the chief good, the most suitable good, the most necessary good a pure good, a real good, a total good, an eternal good, a soul-satisfying good! Sinners, are you poor? Christ has gold to enrich you. Are you naked? Christ has royal robes, and white clothing to clothe you. Are you blind? Christ has eye-salve to enlighten you. Are you hungry? Christ will be manna to feed you. Are you thirsty? He will be a well of living water to refresh you. Are you wounded? He has a balm under his wings to heal you. Are you sick? He is a physician to cure you. Are you prisoners? He has laid down a ransom for you. "The unsearchable riches of Christ!" Ephesians 3:8 Grace Gems (choice electronic books, sermons & quotes) Sovereign Grace Treasures (ch...

Ouch, and amen! PB Whining and whimpering? (Thomas Brooks, "Heaven on Earth" 1667) "My Beloved is mine, and I am His!" Song 2:16 "I know," says the spouse, "that Jesus Christ is mine! I can with the greatest confidence and boldness affirm it. He is . . . my Head, my Husband, my Lord, my Redeemer, my Justifier, my Savior. And I am His! I am sure that I am His. I am His by purchase; I am His by conquest; I am His by election; I am His by covenant; I am His by marriage; I am wholly His; I am specially His; I am universally His; I am eternally His!" A well-grounded assurance will make a man . . . patient in waiting, courageous in doing, cheerful in suffering. It will make a heaven in a man's heart--on this side heaven; and make him go singing into paradise, despite all of life's calamities and miseries--as he realizes that he is . . . everlastingly chosen and beloved of God, that God's heart is set upon him, that his name is written in t...

Two infamous strumpets (Thomas Brooks, "The Privy Key of Heaven" 1665) "You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence." Psalms 90:8 "Can anyone hide in secret places so that I cannot see him? Do not I fill heaven and earth?" Jer. 23:24 "The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good." Proverbs 15:3 As we are never out of the reach of God's hand, so we are never from under the view of God's eye. God is privy to our most secret sins. His eye is as much upon secret sins, as it is upon open sins. God has an eye upon our inmost evils. He sees all that is done in the dark. There is no cloud, nor curtain, nor moment of darkness, which can stand between the eyes of God and the ways of men. "For a man's ways are in full view of the Lord, and He examines all his paths." Prov. 5:21. In this scripture Solomon mainly speaks of the ways of the adulterer, which usually ...

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