"These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so."

Acts 17:11

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WILLIAM TYNDALE: AUTHORITY OF SCRIPTURE "God careth for his elect; and therefore hath provided them of scripture, to try all things, and to defend them from all false prophets." CLICK TO READ >>

"To pretend to preach the truth without offending carnal men, is to pretend to be able to do what Jesus Christ could not do."

Thomas Wilson

SERMONS APPOINTED TO BE READ IN THE REIGN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH I QUOTE: "How necessary it is, that the Word of God, which is the only food of the soul, and that most excellent light that we must walk by, in this our most dangerous pilgrimage, should at all convenient times be preached unto the people" 1562 Preface

"The light causes not darkness, but the absence of the light; so the Word causes not heresies, but the absence of the Word."

Elnathan Parr

JOHN NEWTON QUOTES ON SOFTENING AND WATERING DOWN THE GOSPEL: "The Bible is the grand repository ... It is the complete system of divine truth, to which nothing can be added, and from which nothing can be taken, with impunity. Every attempt to disguise or soften any branch of this truth, in order to accommodate it to the prevailing taste around us, either to avoid the displeasure, or to court the favour, of our fellow mortals, must be an affront to the majesty of God, and an act of treachery to men." READ MORE QUOTES >>

new content added: Mar. 22, 2009 "Sermons, on Various Subjects" by Isaac Barrow (English Puritan Preacher 1630 - 1677ad) EXCERPT: "The offences of speech are many and various in kind ... in most, or in all offences of speech, there is ... impiety, iniquity, and imprudence ... we sin against God, and break his commandment; we injure our neighbour, at least by contagion and bad example; we abuse ourselves, contracting guilt ... also the general vices of speech (unadvisedness and vanity) do constantly adhere to every bad word ... each evil speech ... is peculiarly repugnant to one of those capital virtues (piety, charity, and sobriety) unto which all our duty is reduced." Sermon XIII: Not to Offend in Word, an Evidence of a High Pitch of Virtue (Jam 3:2)

SERMONS ~ VOLUME 1

The Epistle Dedicatory

Some Account of the Life of Dr. Isaac Barrow

Sermon I:  The Pleasantness of Religion (Proverbs 3:17)

Sermon II:  The Profitableness of Godliness (1 Timothy 4:8)

Sermon III:  The Profitableness of Godliness (1 Timothy 4:8)

Sermon IV:  The Reward of Honouring God (1 Samuel 2:30)

Sermon V:  Upright Walking sure Walking (Proverbs 10:9)

Sermon VI:  Of the Duty of Prayer (1 Thessalonians 5:17)

Sermon VII:  Of the Duty of Prayer (1 Thessalonians 5:17)

Sermon VIII:  Of the Duty of Thanksgiving (Ephesians 5:20)

Sermon IX:  Of the Duty of Thanksgiving (Ephesians 5:20)

Sermon X:  On the King's Happy Return (1 Timothy 2:1-2)

Sermon XI:  On the Gunpowder Treason (Psalm 64:9-10)

Sermon XII:  A Consecration Sermon (Psalm 132:16)

Sermon XIII:  Not to Offend in Word, an Evidence of a High Pitch of Virtue (James 3:2)

QUOTE: "We ... were chiefly designed and framed to serve and glorify our Maker ... our tongue and speaking faculty were given us to declare our admiration and reverence of him, to express our love and gratitude toward him, to celebrate his praises, to acknowledge his benefits, to promote his honour and service ... as that whereby we far excel all creatures here below ... Wherefore applying it to any impious discourse, (tending anywise to the dishonour of God, or disparagement of religion,) is a most unnatural abuse ... and a vile ingratitude toward him that gave it to us." - Isaac Barrow

Sermon XIV:  Against Foolish Talking and Jesting (Ephesians 5:4)

QUOTE: "They scorn to be formally advised or taught; but they may perhaps be slyly laughed and lured into a better mind. If by such complaisance we can inveigle those dotterels to hearken to us, we may induce them to consider farther, and give reason some competent scope, some fair play with them. Good reason may be apparelled in the garb of wit, and therein will securely pass, whither in its native homeliness it could never arrive: and being come thither, it with especial advantage may impress good advice; making an offender more clearly to see, and more deeply to feel his miscarriage; being represented to his fancy in a strain somewhat rare and remarkable, yet not so fierce and frightful." - Isaac Barrow

Sermon XV.  Against Rash and Vain Swearing (James 5:12)

Sermon XVI.  Of Evil-Speaking in General (Titus 3:2)

Sermon XVII.  The Folly of Slander (Proverbs 10:18)

QUOTE: "Slander thence hath always been a principal engine, whereby covetous, ambitious, envious, ill-natured, and vain persons have strove to supplant their competitors, and advance themselves; meaning thereby to procure, what they chiefly prize and like, wealth, or dignity, or reputation, favor and power in the court, respect and interest with the people." - Isaac Barrow

Sermon XVIII.  The Folly of Slander (Proverbs 10:18)

QUOTE: "The slanderer is an enemy, as the most fierce and outrageous, so the most base and unworthy that can be: he fights with the most perilous and most unlawful weapon, in the most furious and foul way that can be. His weapon is an envenomed arrow, full of deadly poison, which he shooteth suddenly, and feareth not; a weapon which by no force can be resisted, by no art declined, whose impression is altogether inevitable and unsustainable." - Isaac Barrow

Sermon XIX.  Against Detraction (James 4:11)

Sermon XX.  Against Rash Censuring and Judging (Matthew 7:1)

Sermon XXI.  Of Quietness, and Doing Our Own Business (1 Thessalonians 4:11)

Sermon XXII.  Of Quietness, and Doing Our Own Business (1 Thessalonians 4:11)

Sermon XXIII.  Of the Love of God (Matthew 22:37)

Sermon XXIV.  Of the Love of God (Matthew 22:37)

SERMONS ~ VOLUME 2

Sermon XXV.  Of the Love of Our Neighbour (Matthew 22:39)

Sermon XXVI.  Of the Love of Our Neighbour (Matthew 22:39)

Sermon XXVII.  The Nature, Properties, and Acts of Charity (Ephesians 5:2)

Sermon XXVIII.  Motives and Arguments to Charity (Hebrews 10:24)

Sermon XXIX.  Of a Peaceable Temper and Carriage (Romans 12:18)

Sermon XXX.  Of a Peaceable Temper and Carriage (Romans 12:18)

Sermon XXXI.  The Duty and Reward of Bounty to the Poor (Psalm 112:9)

Sermon XXXII.  Upon the Passion of Our Blessed Saviour (Philipians 2:8)

Sermon XXXIII.  Of Doing All in the Name of Christ (Colossians 3:17)

Sermon XXXIV.  Of Being Imitators of Christ (Corinthians 4:16)

Sermon XXXV.  Abiding in Christ to be Demonstrated by Walking as Christ Did (1 John 2:6)

Sermon XXXVI.  Of Submission to the Divine Will (Luke 22:42)

Sermon XXXVII.  Of Contentment (Philippians 4:11)

Sermon XXXVIII.  Of Contentment (Philippians 4:11)

Sermon XXXIX.  Of Contentment (Philippians 4:11)

Sermon XL.  Of Contentment (Philippians 4:11)

Sermon XLI.  Of Contentment (Philippians 4:11)

Sermon XLII.  Of Patience (1 Peter 2:21)

QUOTE: "Patience then is that virtue, which qualifies us to bear all conditions and all events by God's disposal incident to us with such apprehensions and persuasions of mind, such dispositions and affections of heart, such external deportments and practices of life, as God requires and good reason directs." - Isaac Barrow

Sermon XLIII.  Rejoice Evermore (1 Thessalonians 5:16)

Sermon XLIV.  Keep Thy Heart with all Diligence, etc. (Proverbs 4:23)

Sermon XLV.  Keep Thy Heart with all Diligence, etc. (Proverbs 4:23)

Sermon XLVI.  The Consideration of Our Latter End (Psalm 90:12)

Sermon XLVII.  The Consideration of Our Latter End (Psalm 90:12)

Sermon XLVIII.  The Danger and Mischief of Delaying Repentance (Psalm 119:60)

Sermon XLIX.  The Danger and Mischief of Delaying Repentance (Psalm 119:60)

SERMONS ~ VOLUME 3

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SERMONS ~ VOLUME 4

Content to come ...

SERMONS ~ VOLUME 5

An Exposition of the Decalogue [the Ten Commandments]

QUOTE: "Whereas God required of the Jews such a portion of time to be solemnly dedicated to religion and mercy, we, to whom he hath vouchsafed higher benefits, and proposed greater encouragements, cannot reasonably but deem ourselves obliged to sequester and consecrate as much or more time to the same intents: we should indeed be content to withdraw ourselves more frequently from pursuance of our own profits and pleasures to the service of God, to the remembrance and celebration of his favours; we should willingly allow greater relaxation to our dependents: and should the public be deficient in exacting a performance of such duties from us, it would become us to supply such defects by our private devoting fit and frequent seasons thereto" - Isaac Barrow

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