We often hear the Covid-19 pandemic described as “unprecedented”, yet for Christians of earlier times, plague was nothing new. For generations, Church leaders regularly faced the sorts of ethical questions that still prove divisive today. Selecting from the great “plague writings” of the historic church, Todd M. Rester and Stephen M. Coleman have translated and assembled a one-of-a-kind anthology. The wisdom of the past collected in this book offers much needed and trustworthy illumination for pastors, leaders, and laypeople in times of crisis and uncertainty. Many of the works appearing in Faith In the Time of Plague have never been available in English until now. Included in this volume are the writings of Martin Luther, Theodore Beza, Ulrich Zwingli, Cyprian of Carthage, Zacharias Ursinus, Gijsbert Voetius, and many more.
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The Final Judgment Before the Great, White Throne by Dr. Joel Beeke, Jonathan Edwards, Paul Washer, Charles Spurgeon, John Bunyan, Dr. Steven Dilday, Thomas Watson, John Calvin, W.J. Mencarow et al. (Free MP3, Videos and PDFs) - As usual SWRB does not necessarily agree with every point made in every resource or landing page to which we link -- we only agree with that which is in accord with the what God teaches in the Bible.
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Scroll down on landing pages God's Sovereignty Overcomes Every Discouragement By William Hughes, Paul Washer, Charles Spurgeon, Al Martin, John Bunyan, Greg Price, Dr. Steven Dilday, Dr. Matthew McMahon, et al. (Free MP3s, Videos, etc.) |
Scroll down on landing pages - "To know that nothing hurts the godly, is a matter of comfort; but to be assured that all things which fall out shall co-operate for their good, that their crosses shall be turned into blessings, that showers of affliction water the withering root of their grace and make it flourish more; this may fill their hearts with joy till they run over." - Thomas Watson (on the Puritan Hard Drive)
- "Sanctified afflictions are spiritual promotions." - Matthew Henry (on the Puritan Hard Drive)
- "By calling it 'great joy,' he shows us, not only that we ought, above all things, to rejoice in the salvation brought us by Christ, but that this blessing is so great and boundless, as fully to compensate for all the pains, distresses, and anxieties of the present life. Let us learn to be so delighted with Christ alone, that the perception of his grace may overcome, and at length remove from us, all the distresses of the flesh." - John Calvin (on the Puritan Hard Drive)
- "The secret formula of the saints: When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord's choicest wines." - Samuel Rutherford (on the Puritan Hard Drive)
- "I never knew the meaning of God's Word until I came into affliction." - Martin Luther (on the Puritan Hard Drive)
- "In seasons of severe trial, the Christian has nothing on earth that he can trust to, and is therefore compelled to cast himself on his God alone. When his vessel is on its beam-ends, and no human deliverance can avail, he must simply and entirely trust himself to the providence and care of God. Happy storm that wrecks a man on such a rock as this! O blessed hurricane that drives the soul to God and God alone!" - Charles Spurgeon (on the Puritan Hard Drive)
- "Grace tried is better than grace, and more than grace; it is glory in its infancy." - Samuel Rutherford (on the Puritan Hard Drive)
- "Divine sovereignty is not the sovereignty of a tyrannical Despot, but the exercised pleasure of One who is infinitely wise and good! Because God is infinitely wise He cannot err, and because He is infinitely righteous He will not do wrong. Here then is the preciousness of this truth. The mere fact itself that God's will is irresistible and irreversible fills me with fear, but once I realize that God wills only that which is good, my heart is made to rejoice." - Arthur W. Pink (on the Puritan Hard Drive)
- "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren." - Romans 8:28-29, KJV
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- Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. - 1 Peter 3:3-4, KJV
- I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. - Romans 12:1, KJV
- But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. - Matthew 5:28, KJV
- Let our hearts admit, 'I am poor and weak. Satan is too subtle, too cunning, too powerful; he watches constantly for advantages over my soul. The world presses in upon me with all sorts of pressures, pleas, and pretences. My own corruption is violent, tumultuous, enticing, and entangling. As it conceives sin, it wars within me and against me. Occasions and opportunities for temptation are innumerable. No wonder I do not know how deeply involved I have been with sin. Therefore, on God alone will I rely for my keeping. I will continually look to Him.' - John Owen on the Puritan Hard Drive
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Reformed Theology and Sanctification (Holiness), By John Calvin, John Owen, Greg Price, J.C. Ryle, Dr. R.C. Sproul, Stephen Charnock, Dr. Dilday, A.W. Pink, Paul Washer, Love, Perkins, Al Martin, a Brakel, Scougal, et al. (Free MP3s, Videos, etc.) Scroll down on landing pages to reach all the free resources on each page.
The Sexual Revolution is a Fraud (Lust, Free Love/Sex, AIDS, Adultery, Pornography, etc.), by Dr. Michael Wagner, Dr. F.N. Lee, Greg Price, Scott Brown, Dr. Steven Dilday, Dr. Reg Barrow, et al. (Free MP3s, Books, Blogs, etc.) Overcoming Temptation, Mortification of Sin, etc., by John Owen, Jonathan Edwards, John Calvin, Thomas Brooks, Thomas Manton, William Spurstowe, Dr. Joel Beeke, Greg Price, et al. (55 Free MP3s & More!) - Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. - 1 Corinthians 10:31, KJV
- I. They, who are once effectually called, and regenerated, having a new heart, and a new spirit created in them, are further sanctified, really and personally, through the virtue of Christ's death and resurrection, by His Word and Spirit dwelling in them: the dominion of the whole body of sin is destroyed, and the several lusts thereof are more and more weakened and mortified; and they more and more quickened and strengthened in all saving graces, to the practice of true holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.
- III. In which war, although the remaining corruption, for a time, may much prevail; yet, through the continual supply of strength from the sanctifying Spirit of Christ, the regenerate part does overcome; and so, the saints grow in grace, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
- - Westminster Confession of Faith, "Of Sanctification", Chapter 13, Original Edition, on the Puritan Hard Drive
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Herein Calvin maintains the sinfulness of outward conformity to false worship. Dealing with a major problem of his day, Calvin shows that false worship should never be tolerated or participated in (even by your bodily presence), no matter what the cost -- whether it be persecution, exile, or death.
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Singing the Psalms With Jesus and the Idols (Man Made Hymns) of John and Charles Wesley, Isaac Watts, the Trinity Hymnal, Fanny Crosby, and Others, By Jim Dodson, John Calvin, W.J. Mencarow, Westminster Divines, Greg Price, Dr. Reg Barrow, et al.
God's Will Versus Man's Will In Worship, Romanism and Arminianism In Worship Are Heresy (The Plausibility Of Will Worship To Worldly Wisdom, Colossians 2:23, the Regulative Principle Of Worship [RPW], Etc.) By Pastor Jim Dodson, John Calvin, Pastor Greg Price, Westminster Divines, Dr. Steven Dilday, John Owen, Kevin Reed, John Flavel, Thomas Watson, William Perkins and Others (Free Reformed MP3s, Videos, Books, Etc.)
Why Most Worship Is Actually Idolatry, Which God Hates, According To the Bible (the Second Commandment Or The Regulative Principle Of Worship, RPW), By Jim Dodson, John Calvin, Greg Price, the Westminster Assembly, Dr. Steven Dilday, John Owen, et al.
Classic Reformed Worship, What Is It? by John Knox, John Calvin, Greg Price, Samuel Rutherford, Dr. Steven Dilday, Jonathan Edwards, Jim Dodson, David Steele, Kevin Reed, George Gillespie, John McNaugher, W.J. Mencarow, Dr. Reg Barrow, and Others (Free MP3s, Videos, Books)
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Jim Dodson's Trying the Spirits To Avoid Antichrist, How To Avoid Antichrist's False Doctrine (Arminianism, Sacramentalism, Etc.), Antichrist's False Worship (the Mass, Man-Made Hymns, Musical Instruments In Pubic Worship, Etc.), Antichrist's Holy Days (Christmas, Michaelmas, Candlemas, Easter, Good Friday, Ash Wednesday, Assumption of Mary, Immaculate Conception, All Saints Day, Etc.) -- and Much More Against the Papal Antichrist, By the Westminster Divines, John Knox, Jonathan Edwards, John Calvin, W.J. Mencarow, John Owen, Dr. Reg Barrow, Kevin Reed, Greg Price, George Gillespie, Dr. Steven Dilday, Charles Spurgeon, Dr. Matthew McMahon, William Perkins, Richard Bennett, Henry Bullinger, J.A. Wylie and Others (Free MP3s, Videos and Books Online)
- B. Leviticus 10:1-3: Then Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it, put incense on it, and offered profane fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them. So fire went out from the LORD and devoured them, and they died before the LORD. Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the LORD spoke, saying: 'By those who come near Me I must be regarded as holy; and before all the people I must be glorified.'" Carefully note that the nature of the sin committed by Nadab and Abihu was that they offered profane fire before the Lord "which He had not commanded them."God did not say they offered profane fire "which was forbidden them." The fact that He had not commanded the use of the strange fire meant it was forbidden (God's silence in the matter meant an express prohibition of all profane fire). According to Leviticus 16:12 it would appear that the coals for the incense offering were to come from the fire on the altar of burnt offering. The priest then brought the coals from the altar of burnt offering into the Tabernacle, and on the altar of incense he spread the coals out mixing the coals and the incense which then filled the Holy Place. Apparently in a rather spontaneous act of worship (with perhaps "good intentions" cf. Lev. 9:22-24) they took fire from another source to praise God. God had just consumed the burnt offering by a miraculous display of fire, and all the people were in an enthusiastic state of shouting and falling on their faces before the Most High God. Leviticus 10:1 immediately follows with "Then." It may be that in all of the excitement, Nadab and Abihu, quite overcome by the demonstration of God's awesome power took fire from the quickest and nearest source available to them and immediately went into the Tabernacle to offer incense to the Lord God. They took liberties in worship which God had not given them, and they were slain. They added to the worship of God an act that was not specifically authorized by God. They brought their own man-made worship into the house of God, and His anger burned against them. - Greg Price, FOUNDATION FOR REFORMATION: THE REGULATIVE PRINCIPLE OF WORSHIP (Free Online Book)
- "O when you go to God in any duty, take your heart aside, and say, "O my soul, I am now addressing myself to the greatest work that ever a creature was employed about -- I am going into the solemn presence of God about business of everlasting importance!" - John Flavel (on the Puritan Hard Drive)
To the Very Hour! God's Omnipotence, Omniscience, Omnisapience, Etc., On Display In the Perfect Historical Fulfillments Of Prophecies, In Revelation, Regarding the Rise, Expansion and Fall Of Islam and the Papal Antichrist, and Much More, By Dr. Steven Dilday, Jonathan Edwards, Charles Spurgeon, W.J. Mencarow, John Owen, Greg Price, John Calvin, George Gillespie (Westminster Divine), J.A. Wylie, Richard Bennett, John Foxe, David Steele and Others (Free Reformed MP3s, Videos and Books) This is the best sermon we have heard in a long time! By God's grace, it will do you much eternal good to prayerfully consider what William Guthrie has to say in this significant and stunning sermon.
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- "The nations are bound to recognize the Bible as the supreme law of the land; as the standard of civil legislation. God's law as recorded in the Bible, reaches all the possible relations of humanity; extends to every duty that can be performed, and fastens its claims on associated bodies of men, as well as upon individual persons. Were this not true, we should have this monstrous anomaly in Jehovah's government, that while men, as individuals, are bound by the laws recorded in the Bible, in their congregated capacities, they may set these laws at defiance, and even contemn as citizens, what as Christians they are bound to honor and obey. ... The nations are bound to evince their subjection to the Son of God, by filling all their official stations with upright, godly and able men. ... In all their political institutions the nations are bound to subserve the interests of the church of God, and promote, truth and godliness. ... In all their civil, criminal, and international concerns, the kingdoms should have a supreme regard to the glory of God." - The Subjection of Kings and Nations to Messiah (1820, emphases added) by James R. Willson on the Puritan Hard Drive
Phenomenal Message About Practical Atheism and How Christians and Unbelievers Practice This Sin As Individuals, Families, Churches and States, and How Practical Atheism Leads To the Breakdown Of All Levels Of Society, Idolatry, Unbiblical Science, the Occult, Police States, God's Judgment and Hell (For Unbelievers) By Jim Dodson (Free MP3) -- and Other Free Reformed MP3s By the Westminster Assembly, Greg Price, Henry Bullinger, Dr. Steven Dilday, Dr. Reg Barrow and Others On the First Commandment, the Westminster Larger Catechism, the Westminster Shorter Catechism, Etc. -- Phenomenal Teaching About Practical Atheism (and Why God Hates Atheism): Westminster Larger (Q&A 105) & Shorter (Q&A 47) Catechisms, Sins Forbidden In First Commandment by Jim Dodson (Free MP3) Deals primarily with practical Atheism, whether practiced in the life of Christians or unbelievers. Also touches on Calvinism, election, God's infinity, Heaven, providence, predestination, sanctification, apologetics, affections, emotions, the mind, the will, faith, reason, idolatry, unbelief, misbelief, science, judicial hardening, God's justice, God's mercy, reprobation, apostasy, the occult, police states, Communism, Hell and much more! A fascinating message containing much important teaching about biblical truth and its application to the individual, family, church and state, to science, to the mind and much more.
COVID-19 Was A Biological Attack By China, Democratic Socialism Is the Front Door To Communism, Vote Switching Software Revelations, Massive Election Fraud, Trump Has the Evidence, Treason Among the Democrats and Republicans (Including James Comey, Hillary Clinton, Mike Pence, et al.), Trump Has Pelosi's Laptop and Democrats Are In A Major Panic Mode (Thus the Move For Impeachment), More Stunning Information You May Not Have Yet Heard, Etc., By Lieutenant General McInerney, Retired USAF (Video)
Grant Stinchfield examines the ‘great reset’ envisioned by Joe Biden and the Democrats and the future of our democracy and more – via Newsmax TV’s ‘STINCHFIELD.’
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- "Unfathomable oceans of grace are in Christ for you. Dive and dive again -- you will never come to the bottom of these depths!" - Robert Murray McCheyne (on the Puritan Hard Drive)
- "And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it." (Isa. 2:2, KJV)
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- "Christ is the very essence of all delights and pleasures, the very soul and substance of them. As all the rivers are gathered into the ocean, which is the meeting-place of all the waters in the world, so Christ is that ocean in which all true delights and pleasures meet." - John Flavel (on the Puritan Hard Drive)
- "And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it." (Isa. 2:2, KJV)
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- I can see little consistency in a type of Christian activity which preaches the gospel on the street corners and and at the ends of earth, but neglects the children of the covenant by abandoning them to a cold and unbelieving secularism. - J. Gresham Machen
- The anti-Christian leaven, which has been so extensively diffused, shall be purged out of both the churches and the nations. Every usurper of the rights and prerogatives of Sion's King shall be pushed from his seat. Every rival kingdom shall be overthrown. The civil and ecclesiastical constitutions of the earth shall be regulated by the infallible standard of God's word; their office-bearers, of every kind, shall acknowledge the authority of Messiah the Prince; and the greatest kings on earth shall cast their crowns at his feet. All enemies shall be put under his feet; and such as resist the melting influence of his grace, shall be crushed beneath the iron rod of his power. By spiritual conversion or judicial destruction, he shall effect the entire subjugation of the globe. And, at the last, there shall not be a spot on the face of the habitable earth where the true church of Christ shall not have effected a footing, nor a single tribe of the vast family of man which shall not have felt the meliorating and blissful influence of Christian laws and institutions. - William Symington, Messiah the Prince or, The Mediatorial Dominion of Jesus Christ (Still Waters Revival Books, [1884] 1990), pp. 185-86, on the Puritan Hard Drive.
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Scroll down on landing pages to reach all the free resources on each page. - "By all which, you see where the idolatry of worship lies. The instituting of any, though the smallest part of worship, in and by our own authority, without scripture-warrant (i.e., the regulative principle of worship - ed,), makes it idolatrous, as well as if we worshipped an idol" (Ex: 20:5). - John Flavel, The Works of John Flavel, Vol, 4. p. 527 (on the Puritan Hard Drive).
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Reformed Theology and Sanctification (Holiness), By John Calvin, John Owen, Greg Price, J.C. Ryle, Dr. R.C. Sproul, Stephen Charnock, Dr. Dilday, A.W. Pink, Paul Washer, Love, Perkins, Al Martin, a Brakel, Scougal, et al. (Free MP3s, Videos, etc.)
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