John 14:1-7 “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again,Continue reading “Preaching through John: week 14”
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Owing to a family situation I am going to stop publishing for a while
Preaching through John: week 13
John 13:1-17 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heartContinue reading “Preaching through John: week 13”
WCOF XXIII:I
Chapter XXIII Of the Civil Magistrate I. God, the supreme Lord and King of all the world, hath ordained civil magistrates, to be, under him, over the people, for his own glory, and the public good: and, to this end, hath armed them with the power of the sword, for the defense and encouragement ofContinue reading “WCOF XXIII:I”
WCOF XXII:VI
VI. It is not to be made to any creature, but to God alone:n and, that it may be accepted, it is to be made voluntarily, out of faith, and conscience of duty, in way of thankfulness for mercy received, or for the obtaining of what we want, whereby we more strictly bind ourselves toContinue reading “WCOF XXII:VI”
WCOF XXII:V
V. A vow is of the like nature with a promissory oath, and ought to be made with the like religious care, and to be performed with the like faithfulness.m (m) Num 30:2; Isa 19:21; Eccl 5:4-6; Ps 61:8; Ps 66:13-14 Vows must be preformed as they are made to God
WCOF XXII:IV
IV. An oath is to be taken in the plain and common sense of the words, without equivocation, or mental reservation.i It cannot oblige to sin; but in anything not sinful, being taken, it binds to performance, although to a man’s own hurt.k Nor is it to be violated, although made to heretics, or infidels.lContinue reading “WCOF XXII:IV”
Preaching through John: week 12
John 12:1-11“Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard,Continue reading “Preaching through John: week 12”
WCOF XXII:III
III. Whosoever taketh an oath ought duly to consider the weightiness of so solemn an act, and therein to avouch nothing but what he is fully persuaded is the truth:g neither may any man bind himself by oath to anything but what is good and just, and what he believeth so to be, and whatContinue reading “WCOF XXII:III”
WCOF XXII:II
II. The name of God only is that by which men ought to swear, and therein it is to be used with all holy fear and reverence.c Therefore, to swear vainly, or rashly, by that glorious and dreadful Name; or, to swear at all by any other thing, is sinful, and to be abhorred.d Yet,Continue reading “WCOF XXII:II”
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