"To my thinking, there is not a more lively resemblance of heaven upon earth than a company of godly Christians singing a psalm together." โ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐
@BerithPress The colony established at France Antarctique in what is now Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was also where the first Protestant Confession of Faith in the New World was promulgated: the Guanabara Confession of Faith (1558). Hours later, the signers were executed by Villegaignon.
โIn this great book, our first Moderator bids us โtheologize on our knees.โโ โ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฆ ๐. ๐๐จ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ง
โAs soon as we truly kneel, we touch with our thought the throne of the Most High.โ โ ๐.๐. ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐ซ, ๐โ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐
"Read the Scripture not only as an history, but as a love-letter sent to you from God, which may affect your hearts." โ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง [pictured: Henry Wright Kerr, ๐๐๐๐๐๐กโ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ (1910)]
"Husbands must come as near as they can to Christ in loving their wives. In which respect, because they can never love so much as Christ did, they must never think they have loved enough." โ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐, ๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐ข๐ก๐๐๐ (2026 Berith Press ed.)
@PuritanGold "God puts away many in anger for their supposed goodness, but not any at all for their confessed badness." - ๐๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ on Ps. 27:9
"A firm faith in the universal providence of God is the solution of all earthy troubles. It is almost equally true that a clear and full apprehension of the universal providence of God is the solution of most theological problems." โ ๐.๐. ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐
"No part of the Christian worship is more plainly warranted by the oracles of God, than the ordinance of Singing of Psalms." โ ๐๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ง
"When we sing the psalms, ... it ought to affect our hearts to think, that we are, in effect, sitting beside Christ, as the disciples did in the Guest-Chamber, and are singing along with Him out of the same book." โ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐
"The sabbath-day is a market-day, a harvest-day for the soul; it is an opportunity...These are the days of heaven; and if heaven be an everlasting sabbath, surely sabbaths are a heaven upon earth, in them the tabernacle of God is with men." โ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐ง๐ซ๐ฒ
@djmaclean1@banneroftruth It's nice to see this. I helped prepare a DPS podcast on Thornwell's preface not too long ago. I also posted about Traill here just yesterday. Today of course is the 310th anniversary of Traill's death (May 16, 1716).
"The reason why our souls are so empty of joy, is because our mouths are empty of prayer.... Both prayer and praise widens the heart for receiving more of Christ's fulness." โ ๐๐จ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ
"Christianity should be twisted in with national constitutions, that the kingdoms of the world should become Christโs kingdoms, and their kings the churchโs nursing-fathers." โ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐ง๐ซ๐ฒ
@PresbyInn What a blessing to find such a godly heritage in your family tree. Thank you for sharing. I too am descended from French Huguenots, including a pastor who transitioned to the Anglican Church in Manakintown, Virginia.
"Never imagine that your studying days are over; but ๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ก๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐." โ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ซ