The Doctrines of Grace
Articles on the gospel offer, sorrow for sin, conversion and directions for new converts, a catechism for young people coming to the Lord’s table, the covenant of grace, a revival in Virginia, and more.
The Will of God and the Gospel Offer
These passages from classical Reformed theologians and preachers speak of God’s desire for or delight in the salvation of those who hear the gospel offer, inasmuch as his revealed will is an expression of his goodness and kindness toward the hearers of the gospel.
Archibald Bonar
Thomas Boston
Thomas Chalmers
Stephen Charnock
William Cunningham
John Duncan
Jonathan Edwards
Ebenezer Erskine
John Flavel
Thomas Halyburton
Charles Hodge
John Howe
John Kennedy
James MacGregor
Charles Calder Mackintosh
Hugh Martin
Robert Murray M’Cheyne
John Murray
Asahel Nettleton
James I. Packer
Samuel Rutherford
Frances Turretin
David Dickson (1589-1662) and James Durham (1622-1658)
God’s warrant for a sinner to come to Christ:
Warrants to Believe
Samuel Rutherford (1600-1661)
From his Christ Dying and Drawing Sinners to Himself (1647):
Soul Trouble
Sorrow for Sin
Preparations before Conversion
John Howe (1630-1705)
The Goodness of God
Prayer and the Decrees of God
James Webster (1659-1720)
The offer of the gospel:
If Any Man Thirst
John Willison (1680-1720)
A catechism for young people preparing for admission to the Lord’s table:
The Young Communicant’s Catechism
Robert Riccaltoun (1691-1769)
A survey of the issues in the Marrow Controversy, discussing the role of the mediator in the covenant of grace, and the instrumentality of faith:
Christ’s Suretyship
The Covenant of Grace
Samuel Davies (1723-1761)
The Success of the Ministry, Owing to a Divine Influence
Thomas Beveridge (1749-1798)
Encouragements for ministers of the gospel:
As We Have Received Mercy, We Faint Not
John Love (1757-1825)
What is the divine glory, and what does it mean for us to discern the glory of God?
I Am That I Am
David Black (1762-1806)
Archibald Alexander (1772-1851)
Vital Piety
Answer to Prayer Long Deferred
Christ Standing and Knocking at the Door
A wise and discriminating analysis of regeneration and its fruits in Christian experience:
A Practical View of Regeneration
Two prefaces:
Preface to The Memoirs of Thomas Halyburton
Preface to Matthew Henry’s Commentary
Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847)
William B. Sprague (1795-1876)
Treatment Due to Young Converts
John Duncan (1796-1870)
Mount Sinai and Mount Zion
Prayer
Drawing Near to God
Three treatments of the free offer of the gospel:
Behold the Lamb of God
Effectual Calling
Forsaking Our Own Mercy
John Macdonald (1807-1847)
Memoir of Isobel Hood
“Isobel Hood’s Manuscript”: A Letter to Her Pastor
Alexander Moody Stuart (1809-1898)
John H. Bocock (1813-1872)
The account of a mighty work of God’s Spirit about 1850, in a Presbyterian congregation in Louisa County, Virginia:
Lights and Shadows Lang Syne
Robert Murray M’Cheyne (1813-1843)
The Inward Experience of Believers
The Cry for Revival
God in Christ Reconciling the World
John Kennedy of Dingwall (1819-1884)
A critique of the Arminian message and method of evangelism:
Hyper-Evangelism: Another Gospel, Though a Mighty Power
Hugh Martin (1822-1885)
Christ’s Presence in the Gospel History
Co-ordination of Grace and Duty
John Macleod (1872-1948)
The Inspiration of the Scriptures
The Doctrine of the Sovereignty of God
Kenneth MacRae (1883-1964)
John Murray (1898-1975)
On the Calvinistic doctrine of the gospel:
Arminianism in the Pilgrimage of the Soul
The Reformed Faith and Arminianism
William Young
Historic Calvinism and Neo-Calvinism
Theory and Theology
What Is Truth?
Conversion