Jude has a very different character. It is not the cradle of Christianity, or of the assembly on earth: it is its decay and its death here below. It does not keep its first estate.

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Nothing is more prominently brought forward in the New Testament than the second coming of...

Nothing is more prominently brought forward in the New Testament than the second coming of...

During my solitude, conflicting thoughts increased; but much exercise of soul had the effect of...

During my solitude, conflicting thoughts increased; but much exercise of soul had the effect of...

Christ preferred the poor; ever since I have been converted so have I.

Christ preferred the poor; ever since I have been converted so have I.

Among the children of God, it was they who were most able to rightly divide...

Among the children of God, it was they who were most able to rightly divide...

Every Christian will allow that sin is an evil, and that it is our duty...

Every Christian will allow that sin is an evil, and that it is our duty...

The cross is the centre of all this in every respect.

The cross is the centre of all this in every respect.

To rest satisfied with existing evils, as if we could do nothing, is not obedience;...

To rest satisfied with existing evils, as if we could do nothing, is not obedience;...

The Epistle is a correction of profession without life, and most valuable in this respect.

The Epistle is a correction of profession without life, and most valuable in this respect.

If real churches exist, such persons are not called on to make them.

If real churches exist, such persons are not called on to make them.

I held apostolic succession fully, and the channels of grace to be there only.

I held apostolic succession fully, and the channels of grace to be there only.

The presence of the Holy Spirit is the keystone of all our hopes.

The presence of the Holy Spirit is the keystone of all our hopes.

God is sufficient in all ages for His church.

God is sufficient in all ages for His church.

I can say, Christ has been my only object; thank God, my righteousness too... Hold...

I can say, Christ has been my only object; thank God, my righteousness too... Hold...

I go farther, and say, that it is plainly our duty to desire pastors and...

I go farther, and say, that it is plainly our duty to desire pastors and...

This truth of the gathering together of God's children is in Scripture seen realised in...

This truth of the gathering together of God's children is in Scripture seen realised in...

I add, that those who are bent on restoring the whole church ought to be...

I add, that those who are bent on restoring the whole church ought to be...

Let those who like society better have it.

Let those who like society better have it.

Some respected and beloved brethren insist that the forming and organising of churches is, according...

Some respected and beloved brethren insist that the forming and organising of churches is, according...

The salvation of the elect was as certain before His advent, though accomplished by it,...

The salvation of the elect was as certain before His advent, though accomplished by it,...

Nationalism - in other words, the dividing of the church into bodies - consisting of...

Nationalism - in other words, the dividing of the church into bodies - consisting of...