Category: Puritan
Open in Me a Fount of Penitential Tears! Break me, then Bind me Up!
There are days and moments when I do not know how to pray. Of course in this lifetime, though we desire much to pray as we ought, we know so well that it the possibility of it is very grim. As John Bunyan said once, "The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin in it to damn the whole world." But still, though we fail, though at the darkness of night we seem ...
Open in Me a Fount of Penitential Tears! Break me, then Bind me Up!
There are days and moments when I do not know how to pray. Of course in this lifetime, though we desire much to pray as we ought, we know so well that it the possibility of it is very grim. As John Bunyan said once, "The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin in it to damn the whole world." But still, though we fail, though at the darkness of night we seem ...
I am Vile, Wretched, Miserable and Blind!
ETERNAL FATHER, Thou art good beyond all thought, But I am vile, wretched, miserable, blind; My lips are ready to confess, but my heart is slow to feel, and my ways reluctant to amend. I bring my soul to thee; break it, wound it, bend it, mould it. Unmask to me sin's deformity, that I may hate it, abhor it, flee from it. My faculties have been a weapon of revolt against thee; as a rebel I have misused my strength, and ...
I am Vile, Wretched, Miserable and Blind!
ETERNAL FATHER, Thou art good beyond all thought, But I am vile, wretched, miserable, blind; My lips are ready to confess, but my heart is slow to feel, and my ways reluctant to amend. I bring my soul to thee; break it, wound it, bend it, mould it. Unmask to me sin's deformity, that I may hate it, abhor it, flee from it. My faculties have been a weapon of revolt against thee; as a rebel I have misused my strength, and ...
. . . Until Thou Alone Art Seen in Me.
Lord Jesus, give me a deeper repentance, a horror of sin, a dread of its approach. Help me chastely to flee it and jealously to resolve that my heart shall be Thine alone. Give me a deeper trust, that I may lose myself to find myself in Thee, the ground of my rest, the spring of my being. Give me a deeper knowledge of Thyself as saviour, master, lord, and king. Give me deeper power in private prayer, more ...
. . . Until Thou Alone Art Seen in Me.
Lord Jesus, give me a deeper repentance, a horror of sin, a dread of its approach. Help me chastely to flee it and jealously to resolve that my heart shall be Thine alone. Give me a deeper trust, that I may lose myself to find myself in Thee, the ground of my rest, the spring of my being. Give me a deeper knowledge of Thyself as saviour, master, lord, and king. Give me deeper power in private prayer, more ...
If I Should Suffer, Go Unclothed, and be in Poverty. . .
Heavenly Father, if I should suffer need, and go unclothed, and be in poverty, make my heart prize Thy love, know it, be constrained by it, though I be denied all blessings. It is Thy mercy to afflict and try me with wants, for by these trials I see my sins, and desire severance from them. Let me willingly accept misery, sorrows, temptations, if I can thereby feel sin as the greatest evil, and be ...
If I Should Suffer, Go Unclothed, and be in Poverty. . .
Heavenly Father, if I should suffer need, and go unclothed, and be in poverty, make my heart prize Thy love, know it, be constrained by it, though I be denied all blessings. It is Thy mercy to afflict and try me with wants, for by these trials I see my sins, and desire severance from them. Let me willingly accept misery, sorrows, temptations, if I can thereby feel sin as the greatest evil, and be ...
“We Believe but We Do Not Know Whether We are Saved.”
Horatius Bonar: The Everlasting Righteousness - ebook With a weak faith and a fearful heart many a sinner stands before the altar. but it is not the strength of his faith, but the perfection of the sacrifice, that saves; and no feebleness of faith, no dimness of eye, no trembling of hand, can change the efficacy of our burnt-offering. The vigor of our faith can add nothing to it, nor can the poverty of ...
“We Believe but We Do Not Know Whether We are Saved.”
Horatius Bonar: The Everlasting Righteousness - ebook With a weak faith and a fearful heart many a sinner stands before the altar. but it is not the strength of his faith, but the perfection of the sacrifice, that saves; and no feebleness of faith, no dimness of eye, no trembling of hand, can change the efficacy of our burnt-offering. The vigor of our faith can add nothing to it, nor can the poverty of ...
A Prayer From The Book That Started Puritanism
ever have I heard nor read a prayer so full of power such as this. Mr. Lewis Bayly in his book "The Practice of Piety: Directing a Christian How to Walk, that He May Please God" has written an evening prayer, and I submit to you that such a prayer as this would anytime replace a months worth of preaching from today's modern pulpit.[You can download the pdf version of the book here.]Dr. John Gerstner ...
A Prayer From The Book That Started Puritanism
ever have I heard nor read a prayer so full of power such as this. Mr. Lewis Bayly in his book "The Practice of Piety: Directing a Christian How to Walk, that He May Please God" has written an evening prayer, and I submit to you that such a prayer as this would anytime replace a months worth of preaching from today's modern pulpit.[You can download the pdf version of the book here.]Dr. John Gerstner ...
A Puritan Compass That Leads To Doctrinal Truth
John FlavelSometimes it's just easy to loose sight of the forest through the trees, and so it is with the teachings of the bible as well.From the quill of the 17th century Puritan John Flavel, comes this excellent one-paragraph summary of the bible. It's "old truth" that we can use as a compass, in evaluating modern methods and movements:"Whatever religion or doctrine condones or makes allowances for sin is not of Christ. The Doctrine of ...
A Puritan Compass That Leads To Doctrinal Truth
John FlavelSometimes it's just easy to loose sight of the forest through the trees, and so it is with the teachings of the bible as well.From the quill of the 17th century Puritan John Flavel, comes this excellent one-paragraph summary of the bible. It's "old truth" that we can use as a compass, in evaluating modern methods and movements:"Whatever religion or doctrine condones or makes allowances for sin is not of Christ. The Doctrine of ...
This is what you should do.
Do Nothing.J.C. Ryle"Do nothing that you would not like God to see. Say nothing that you would not like God to hear. Write nothing that you would not like God to read. Go no place where you would not like God to find you. Read no book of which you would not like God to say, 'Show it to Me.' Never spend your time in such a way that you would not like to have ...
This is what you should do.
Do Nothing.J.C. Ryle"Do nothing that you would not like God to see. Say nothing that you would not like God to hear. Write nothing that you would not like God to read. Go no place where you would not like God to find you. Read no book of which you would not like God to say, 'Show it to Me.' Never spend your time in such a way that you would not like to have ...