John Wesley’ deceitful action against Augustus Toplady: John Wesley, an Arminian, had taken a pamphlet published by Augustus Toplady, a Calvinist, in which Toplady had translated, from Latin, an excerpt from Jerome Zanchius’ “Absolute Predestination.” John Wesley manifestly changed the meaning of the pamphlet; disclaiming the doctrines of grace. When John Wesley distributed his pamphlet …
Steadfastly fixed on Him. If anything can awake astonishment, and inflame our gratitude, it must be that mystery of love, God manifested in our nature, and made man, to bleed and die for our salvation. That He should condescend to be sold for thirty shekels of silver; to be apprehended and condemned as a malefactor; …
Arminianism of Rome Whose Voice Do You Hear? “My sheep, saith Christ, hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me; and I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish. O, most worthy Scriptures! which ought to compel us to have a faithful remembrance, and to note the tenor thereof; …
As Christ’s righteousness is the only merit that can exalt us to the presence and to the kingdom of God; so that doctrine alone is to be considered as evangelical which depresses the righteousness of man, and exalts the righteousness of Christ: leading us to trust, not on what we do, but singly on what He has done and suffered for us.
Augustus Toplady and His Ministry A perfect orchestra contains many various instruments of music. Each of these instruments has its own merit and value; but some of them are curiously unlike others. Some of them are dependent on a player’s breath, and some on his skill of hand. Some of them are large, and some …