A Collection of Sermons and Tracts, Vol. I
Overview
Gill was a pastor at Strict Baptist Church for over 50 years, and in this two volume set, his most memorable sermons and expositions are collected. Included in this first volume are his annual, occasional, and funeral sermons, as well as a biography of Gill.
Top Highlights
“Let the characters of the men that turn the grace of God into lasciviousness, be enquired into; and first, they appear to be ungodly men, ασεβεις, men devoid of the fear and reverence of God, and devotion to him; who are not worshippers of him. Now who are they that neglect the private and public worship of God? Who are they that walk abroad in the fields on Lord’s-days? or take their horses and ride, seeking their own pleasure? Who are they that frequent taverns and public houses, when they should be attending the house of God? Are these the men who are commonly called Calvinists, the asserters of the doctrine of grace?” (Page 5)
“Redemption is a deliverance from sin, from all sin, original and actual; and that not only from the guilt of sin, and the punishment due unto it; but in consequence of redeeming grace, the redeemed ones are delivered from the dominion and governing power of sin, and at last from the being of it.” (Page 10)
“The doctrine of particular redemption by Christ, is free from any imputation of libertinism.” (Page 10)
“This is the doctrine of Christ, which if a man brings not with him” (Page 2)
“Election is the source and spring of all true and real holiness” (Page 8)
- Title: A Collection of Sermons and Tracts, Vol. I
- Author: John Gill
- Series: A Collection of Sermons and Tracts
- Volume: I
- Publisher: G. Keith
- Print Publication Date: 1773
- Logos Release Date: 2015
- Era: era:modern
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Theology; Occasional sermons; Baptists › Sermons
- Resource ID: LLS:GILLSERMTRAC01
- Resource Type: text.monograph.sermons
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T03:27:34Z
John Gill (1697–1771) was born in Kettering, Northamptonshire. He became a Baptist clergyman, a biblical scholar, and a staunch Calvinist. Gill was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Aberdeen in 1748. Gill pastored at Benjamin Keach’s former church, New Park Street Chapel. Later, he pastored what would become Charles Spurgeon’s Metropolitan Tabernacle for 51 years.
Gill is the first major Baptist theologian writer. His stance on Calvinism is somewhat a matter of debate. Some say Gill would not describe himself as hyper-Calvinist, while others contend that he indeed was.
Some of Gill’s most important academic works are The Doctrine of the Trinity Stated and Vindicated, The Cause of God and Truth, and A Body of Doctrinal Divinity, all of which appear in The Works of John Gill (19 vols.).