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Author: Thomas Watson

Work And Willingness

Article / By Andrew Rowell / September 29, 2021

God does sometimes accept of the willingness without the work, but never the work without the willingness. Thomas Watson

Comfort For The Church

Article / By Andrew Rowell / September 29, 2021

COMFORT FOR THE CHURCH A Sermon by Thomas Watson, 1620-1686.* ‘God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved.’ Psalm 46.5 Solomon said, ‘A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver,’ Proverbs 25.11. In which regard I have made choice of this Scripture, which may be a …

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The Happiness Of Drawing Near To God

Article / By Andrew Rowell / September 29, 2021

THE HAPPINESS OF DRAWING NEAR TO GOD Extracts from a sermon preached by Thomas Watson, who was ejected from his church, St. Stephen’s, Walbrook in London, and died in 1689 or 1690. The sermon has recently been published in a book entitled A Plea for the Godly by Soli Deo Gloria Publications. “But it is …

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God’s decree

Article / By Andrew Rowell / September 29, 2021

God’s decree is the very pillar and basis on which the saints’ perseverence depends. That decree ties the knot of adoption so fast, that neither sin, death, nor hell, can break it asunder. Thomas Watson

Calling

Article / By Andrew Rowell / September 29, 2021

When God calls a man, He does not repent of it. God does not, as many friends do, love one day, and hate another; or as princes, who make their subjects favourites, and afterwards throw them into prison. This is the blessedness of a saint; his condition admits of no alteration. God’s call is founded …

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Desertion

Article / By Andrew Rowell / September 29, 2021

He (God) may for a time desert His children, but He will not disinherit them. Thomas Watson

Eternity

Article / By Andrew Rowell / September 29, 2021

Eternity to the godly is a day that has no sunset; eternity to the wicked is a night that has no sunrise. Thomas Watson

Article / By Andrew Rowell / September 29, 2021

The prayer that wants a good aim, wants a good issue. Thomas Watson

An Introduction To The Beatitudes.¹

Article / By Andrew Rowell / September 29, 2021

And seeing the multitudes he went up into a mountain: and when he was set his disciples came unto him: And he opened his mouth and taught them. Matthew 5:12.

Article / By Andrew Rowell / September 29, 2021

The Bible is bespangled with promises made to prayer. Thomas Watson

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