Godly Living
Articles on the forgiveness of injuries, love for the brethren, distinguishing between faith and feelings, the religious nurture and catechizing of children, Job’s trials, facing death, the spirituality of Christian pilgrimage, a Puritan exposition of the duties of husbands and wives, and more.
John Dod (1549-1645) and Robert Cleaver (born 1562)
From their exposition of the ten commandments:
Duties of Husband and Wife
John Owen (1616-1683)
On spiritual mindedness:
The Things of This World
Thomas Boston (1676-1732)
John M’Laurin (1693-1754)
A masterful argument about our responsibility for sin:
The Sins of Men Not Chargeable on God
Samuel Pike (1717-1773) and Samuel Hayward (1718-1757)
From Cases of Conscience and The Spiritual Companion:
Renewal After a Time of Spiritual Dullness
Living with the Promises and Threats of God’s Word
Distinguishing Faith and Feelings
Discerning Providential Guidance
Assurance of Growth in Grace
Discovering why the Spirit is Grieved
How to Perform Serious Meditation
Spiritual Injury from Undue Pursuit of the Affairs of This Life
Self-Examination
The Character of an Honest Man
Samuel Stanhope Smith (1750-1819)
The Forgiveness of Injuries
On Secret Faults
John Love (1757-1825)
My Presence Shall Go with Thee
Holy Zeal and Missionary Endeavor
That Ye Love One Another
He That Dwelleth in Love
Victory over Death
David Black (1762-1806)
The Duty of Seeking the Things Which Are Jesus Christ’s
William Henry Foote (1792-1869)
William S. Plumer (1802-1880)
Job’s Trials and Mercies
How God’s People May Make Great Attainments
Letters to Church Members (1855)
Letter to one who travels on the Sabbath
Letter to one of a censorious spirit
Letter to one of a self-confident and unyielding spirit
Letter to one of a managing and disingenuous spirit
Letter to one of an impatient and complaining spirit
Letter to one who is lacking in reverence for the truth as a moral virtue
Hugh Martin (1822-1885)
Joyous Spirituality of Christian Pilgrimage
John Macleod (1872-1948)
The religious nurture of children:
The Reformed Faith in Its Ethical Consequences in the Family
John Murray (1898-1975)
A constitution for a Christian School:
Society for Parent-Controlled Christian Schools in Scotland
Johannes G. Vos (1903-1983)
An essay against binding the conscience with regard to practices which cannot be proved from Scripture to be sinful:
The Bible Doctrine of the Separated Life
Sherman Isbell