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Life & Sermons Of Edward D. Griffin

by William B. Sprague

Edward Dorr Griffin (1770-1837) ministered in the remarkable era which, for forty years from 1792, saw a succession of powerful revivals in the north-east of the United States. At a time when thousands were being added to the kingdom of God, ‘Probably the labors of no preacher were blessed to the conversion of more souls than were his’ says Dr. Hopkins. For insight into this era the biography of Griffin, together with his sermons, are of first importance. The able biography, by his contemporary, W. E. Sprague, not only traces his parish ministries and his presidency of Williams College (‘birthplace of American missions’) but it also brings into prominence the spiritual lessons which were largely to be forgotten by a later generation. Men — ‘awed by the majesty of a present God’ — are in the background.

Publication

Publisher
The Banner of Truth Trust
Date published
Jun 1, 1987
Print status
In print

The Physical Book

Binding
Cloth-bound
Dust jacket
Yes
Total pages
1192 pages
ISBN-13
9780851515137

Reference

Publisher page
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Contents

  • BOOK ONE
  • Memoir
  • I. Previous to his settlement at New-Hartford
  • II. His first residence at New-Hartford
  • III. His first residence at Newark
  • IV. His residence at Andover and Boston
  • V. His second residence at Newark
  • VI. His residence at Williamstown
  • VII. His last residence at Newark, and his death
  • VIII. General estimate of his character and influence
  • Sermons
  • I. The knowledge of God — Col. i. 10
  • II. The tender mercies of God — Isa. lxiii. 7
  • III. Adam our federal head — Romans v. 12-19
  • IV. The abominable nature of sin — Jer. xliv. 4
  • V. The worth of the soul — Mat. xvi. 26
  • VI. Tokens of perdition — Mat. xxiv. 32, 33
  • VII. The heath in the desert — Jer. xvii. 5, 6
  • VIII. Taking the kingdom by violence — Mat. xi. 12
  • IX. The band which took Christ — John xvii. 6
  • X. The fruitless fig tree — Luke xiii. 6-9
  • XI. Harvest past and balm of Gilead — Jer. viii. 20-22
  • XII. What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee — Jer. xiii. 21
  • XIII. The strait gait — Luke xiii. 24
  • XIV. Gospel despisers passed by, and the heathen taken — Mat. viii. 11, 12
  • XV. Quench not the Spirit — 1 Thes. v. 19
  • XVI. Exhortation to serve the Lord — Deut. x. 12
  • XVII. Excuses — Luke xiv. 18
  • XVIII. Let us reason together — Isaiah i. 18
  • XIX. Hobab — Num. x. 29-32
  • XX. Returning from the crucifixion — Luke xxiii. 47-49
  • BOOK TWO
  • Sermons
  • I. Jesus of Nazareth passing by — Mat. xx. 29-34
  • II. The brazen serpent — John iii. 14, 15
  • III. Noah’s Ark — Heb. xi. 7
  • IV. A friend closer than a brother — Prov. xviii. 27
  • V. Christ a convert from the tempest — Isaiah xxxii. 2
  • VI. The high priest — Heb vii. 26
  • VII. Christ the resurrection and the life — John xi. 25
  • VIII. The ascension and dominion of Christ — Luke xxiv. 50, 51
  • IX. The patience — 1 Tim. i. 16
  • X. Christ’s kingdom not of this world — John xviii. 36
  • XI. Calling on the name of Jesus — Acts vii. 59
  • XII. Self denial — Gen. xxii. 2
  • XIII. Enoch walked with God — Gen. v. 24
  • XIV. When I am weak, then I am strong — II Cor. xii. 10
  • XV. The faithfulness of God — Isaiah xlix. 14-16
  • XVI. Son and heir through Christ — Gal. iv. 7
  • XVII. Love to our neighbour — Mat. xxii. 25-40
  • XVIII. Where is the God of Elijah? — II Kings ii. 14
  • XIX. The better resurrection — Heb. xi. 35
  • XX. When I was a child I thought as a child — I Cor xiii. 11
  • XXI. The pilgrim — Heb. xi. 13
  • XXII. Whom have I in heaven but thee — Psalm lxxiii. 25
  • XXIII. Forsaken the first love — Rev. ii. 4, 5
  • XXIV. The dove — Gen. viii. 9
  • XXV. Manna — Rev. ii. 17
  • XXVI. The heart of God affected by prayer — Gen xxxii. 28
  • XXVII. The heart of God affected by prayer — Gen xxii. 14
  • XXIX. All these things are against me — Gen. xlii. 36
  • XXX. Heaven — Heb. xi. 10
  • XXXI. New heavens and new earth — II Pet. iii. 13
  • XXXII. The Lamb in the midst of his Father’s throne — Rev. v. 6
  • XXXIII. How can I put thee among the children? — Jer. iii. 19
  • XXXIV. What aileth thee? — Gen. xxi. 17
  • XXXV. Can these bones live? — Ezek. xxxvii. 3
  • XXXVI. Arrows sharp in the heart of enemies — Psalm xlv. 5
  • XXXVII. Salvation taken into God’s own hands — Jer. xxxi. 31-34
  • XXXVIII. Abraham’s steward — Gen xxiv. 49
  • XXXIX. The watchman — Ezek. xxxiii. 7, 8
  • XL. The weeping at the last day — Luke xiii. 28