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1st Corinthians

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Chapters:
14

1:2
Spurgeon, C.H., "Threefold Sanctification,"  #434, MTP 8.85-96.  Together with texts:  Jude 1 and 1 Peter 1:2.

1:3
Mede (Mead), Matthew, pp 253-272 in Farewell Sermons.

1:9
Spurgeon, C.H., "The Special Call and the Unfailing Result,"  #616, MTP 11.111-120.

1:10
Boston, Thomas, "The Evil and Danger of Schism,"  Works, vii.593-613.

Flavel, John, "Gospel Unity Recommended to the Churches of Christ,"  Works, iii.592-608.

1:18
Spurgeon, C.H., "The Word of the Cross,"  #1611, MTP 27.425-436.

1:23,24
Tennent, Gilbert, "The Wisdom of God in Redemption,"  Sermons of the Log College, pp 69-96.

1:23
Palmer, Benjamin Morgan, "Offence of the Cross, Unreasonable," Sermons, II. 83-92.


1:24
Bonar, Horatius, "Divine Philosophy,"  in two sermons,  52 Sermons, pp. 33-40 & 41-47.

Chalmers, Thomas, "Christ the Wisdom of God,"  Sermons and Discourses, ii.55-61.  Sermons, Tron Church, pp. 196-221.

1:26-29
Spurgeon, C.H., "God's Strange Choice,"  #587, MTP 10.485-496.

1:29-31
Edwards, Jonathan, "God Glorified in Man's Dependence,"  Works (BT; Tegg) ii.3-7.

1:30-31
Spurgeon, C.H., "The Fourfold Treasure,"  #991, MTP 17.277-288.

1:30
Alexander, Archibald, "Christ Our Wisdom, Righteousness, Sanctification, and Redemption,"  Practical Sermons, pp. 195-207.

Boston, Thomas, "Union with Christ the Only Way to Sanctification,"  Commentary on the Shorter Catechism, ii.5-14.

Flavel, John, "The general Nature of the effectual Application of Redemption stated,"  The Method of GraceWorks, ii.15-33.

1:31
Spurgeon, C.H., "Glorying in the Lord,"  #1178, MTP 20.337-348.

2:2
Chalmers, Thomas, "On the Knowledge of Christ and Him Crucified,"  Sermons and Discourses, i.109-114.

Charnock, Stephen, "A Discourse of the Knowledge of Christ Crucified,"  Works, iv.494-506.

Flavel, John, "The Excellency of the Subject,"  The Fountain of Life, A Display of Christ in His Essential and Mediatorial GloryWorks, i.32-42.

Spurgeon, C.H., "The Man of One Subject,"  #1264, MTP 21.637-648.

2:4-5
Chalmers, Thomas, "The Necessity of the Spirit to Give Effect to the Preaching of the Gospel,"  Sermons and Discourses, ii.12-20.  Also in Sermons, Tron Church, pp. 17-49.

2:8
Flavel, John, "Christ crucified is the Lord of Glory,"  The Method of GraceWorks, ii.235-242.

2:9
Sibbes, Richard, "Hidden Secrets Revealed by the Gospel,"  (in four sermons),  Works, iv.151-200.

2:12
Spurgeon, C.H., "Grace for Grace,"  #2087, MTP 35.289-300.

2:14
Spurgeon, C.H., "Natural or Spiritual?,"  #407, MTP 7.473-478.

3:5-7
Witherspoon, John, "The Success of the Gospel Entirely of God," Works, iv.229-244.

3:5-9
Warfield, B.B., "Man's Husbandry and God's Bounty,"  Faith & Life, pp 211-221.

3:6-9
Spurgeon, C.H., "Farm Labourers,"  #1602, MTP 27.317-328.

3:9
Flavel, John, "Ye are God's husbandry,"  The Proem to Husbandry Spiritualized:  The Heavenly Use of Earthly ThingsWorks, v.16-26

3:11
Spurgeon, C.H., "The One Foundation,"  #1494, MTP 25.517-528.

3:21-23
Duncan, John, untitled, (together with the text of 1 Cor 6:19-20), Pulpit and Communion Table, pp. 48-59.

Sibbes, Richard, "A Christian's Portion; or, A Christian's Charter,"  Works, iv.6-38.

Watson, Thomas, "The Christian's Charter of Privileges,"  The Sermons of Thomas Watson, pp. 3-146.

3:22
Spurgeon, C.H., "Things Present,"  #870, MTP 15.265-276.

Spurgeon, C.H., "Things to Come,"  #875, MTP 15.325-336.

4:1-2
Pringle, Thomas, untitled, preached at the opening of the Associate Synod of Ireland in Belfast, 12 July 1796, Biographical Sketches and Sermons of Some of the First Ministers of the Associate Church in America, by James P. Miller (Albany, NY: Hoffman and White, 1839), pp. 425-443. [Available in the PCA Historical Center]


4:2
Spurgeon, C.H., "Faithful Stewardship,"  #2440, MTP 41.553-563.

4:3-4
Chalmers, Thomas, "The Judgment of Men, Compared with the Judgment of God,"  Sermons and Discourses, ii.37-44.  Also in Sermons, Tron Church, pp. 122-150.

4:7
Spurgeon, C.H., "Pride Catechized and Condemned,"  #1271, MTP 22.1-12.

Spurgeon, C.H., "A Catechism for the Proud,"  #1392, MTP 24.13-24.

4:8
Bonar, Horatius, "Apostolic Sighs,"  52 Sermons, pp. 448-455.

4:20
Chalmers, Thomas, "The Nature of the Kingdom of God,"  Sermons and Discourses, ii.307-312.

5:6-8
Spurgeon, C.H., "Purging out the Leaven,"  #965, MTP 16.685-696.

5:7
Charnock, Stephen, "A Discourse of Christ Our Passover,"  Works, iv.507-539.

Vos, Geerhardus, "The Gracious Provision,"  Grace and Glory, pp. 233-241.

5:11
Edwards, Jonathan, "The Nature and End of Excommunication,"  Works (BT; Tegg) ii.118-121.

6:11
Boston, Thomas, "Of Sanctification,"  Commentary on the Shorter Catechism, i.653-661.

6:17
Lye, Thomas, "The True Believer's Union with Christ Jesus,"  The Morning Exercises, v.284-303.

Spurgeon, C.H., "The Saint One with his Saviour,"  #961, MTP 16.637-648.

6:19-20
Alexander, Archibald, "God to be Glorified by Those Bought with a Price,"  Practical Sermons, pp. 291-307.

Duncan, John, see above at 3:21-23.

Spurgeon, C.H., "Bought with a Price,"  #1004, MTP 17.433-444.

Spurgeon, C.H., "Redemption by Price,"  #1554, MTP 26.469-480.

6:20
Spurgeon, C.H., "Redemption and Its Claims," (together with the text of 1 Cor 7:23), #1163, MTP 20.157-168.

7:23
Spurgeon, C.H., see above @ 6:20

7:29-31
M'Cheyne, Robert Murray, "Time is Short,"  Additional Remains, pp. 196-203.

Sibbes, Richard, "The Spiritual Man's Aim,"  Works, iv.41-58.

Spurgeon, C.H., "A Drama in Five Acts,"  #481, MTP 8.649-660.

7:29
Chalmers, Thomas, "The Brevity of Human Life,"  Sermons and Discourses, i.182-191.

Watson, Thomas, “Time’s Shortness,”  The Fight of Faith Crowned, pp. 57-79.  A funeral sermon for Mr. John Wells, late pastor of Olave-Jury, London.

7:30-31
Bridge, William, "The Uncertainty of the World Should Take Off Our Hearts from the Love of It,"  Works, iii.365-387.

7:30
Manton, Thomas, "A Funeral Sermon,"  Works, ii.425-437.

7:32
Spurgeon, C.H., "Without Carefulness,"  #1692, MTP 28.661-672.

8:3
Manton, Thomas, Works, xviii.134.

8:4
Boston, Thomas, "Of the Unity of God,"  Commentary on the Shorter Catechism, i.131-141.

8:6
Goodwin, Thomas, Book I, chapters 1-4.; II.1-4; III.7-9; III.11, The Knowledge of God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ,  Works, iv.349-372; 404-453; 517-538; 545-549.

Manton, Thomas, Works, xviii.259.

8:11
Edwards, Jonathan, "The Nature and End of Excommunication,"  ?            , Sermons Outlines pp 132-135.

8:13
Chalmers, Thomas, "The Accomodating Spirit of Christian Charity to the Scruples of the Weak,"  Sermons and Discourses, i.68-73.

9:21
Palmer
, Benjamin Morgan, "The Law, the Rule of Christ's Kingdom," Sermons, II. 133-146.


Palmer, Benjamin Morgan, "Perpetuity of the Divine Law," Sermons, II. 123-132.

9:22
Spurgeon, C.H., "By All Means Save Some,"  #1170, MTP 20.241-252.

Spurgeon, C.H., "Soul Saving Our One Business,"  #1507, MTP 25.673-684.

9:23-25
Boston, Thomas, "The Nature of the Lord's Supper,"  Commentary on the Shorter Catechism, ii.481-488.

9:24
Newton, John, "The Christian Life Compared to a Race,"  Works, ii.529-540.

9:27
M'Cheyne, Robert Murray, "The Mental Agonies of Hell,"   A Basket of Fragments, pp. 168-173.

10:16-17
Warfield, B.B., "Communion in Christ's Body and Blood, Faith & Life, pp 222-230.

10:16
Palmer, Benjamin Morgan, "Communion of the Blood of Christ," Sermons, II. 371-382.

10:17
Boston, Thomas, "On Church Communion,"  Works, iii.591-655.

10:31
Boston, Thomas, "Of Man's Chief End and Happiness,"  Commentary on the Shorter Catechism, i.9-18.

11:23-25
Flavel, John, "The Second Preparative Act of Christ for His own Death,"  Fountain of LifeWorks, i.259-270

11:24
Wadsworth, Thomas, "How May It Appear to be Every Christian's Indispensable Duty to Partake of the Lord's Supper?,"  The Morning Exercises, ii.128-144.

11:26
Charnock, Stephen, "A Discourse of the End of the Lord's Supper,"  Works, iv.392-426.

Manton, Thomas, Works, xviii.326.

Spurgeon, C.H., "The Object of the Lord's Supper,"  #2942, MTP 51.313-324.

Spurgeon, C.H., "The Greatest Exhibition of the Age,"  #2307, MTP 39.217-225.

11:27-29
Charnock, Stephen, "A Discourse of the Subjects of the Lord's Supper,"  Works, iv.427-471.

Charnock, Stephen, "A Discourse of the Unworthy Receiving of the Lord's Supper,"  iv.472-482.

11:28-29
Sibbes, Richard, "The Right Receiving,"  Works, iv.61-74.

11:29-30
M'Cheyne, Robert Murray, "The Unworthy Communicant Warned,"  Additional Remains, pp. 389-395.  Dundee, 1841.

11:29
Boston, Thomas, "The Danger of Unworthy Communion,"  Commentary on the Shorter Catechism, ii.511-525.

11:30-31 and 11:30-32
Sibbes, Richard, "Judgment's Reason,"  Works, iv.77-96 and iv.97-112.

12:1-11
Wickliff, John, "Of Spiritual Gifts,"  Writings of the Reverend and Learned John Wickliff, vol. 1 in the set, The British Reformers, pp. 215-218.

12:6
Nettleton, Asahel, notes for a sermon, Sermons, pp. 466-467.

12:13
Boston, Thomas, "Of Union with Christ,"  Commentary on the Shorter Catechism, i.544-556.

Boston, Thomas, "How the Sacraments Become Effectual Means of Salvation,"  Commentary on the Shorter Catechism, ii.460-465.

12:27-28
Baxter, Richard, "Christ, & Not the Pope, Universal Head of the Church,"  The Morning Exercises, v.672-689.

12:28
Spurgeon, C.H., "Helps,"  #777, MTP 13.589-600.

13:1-13
Duncan, John, "Love,"  Pulpit and Communion Table, pp. 20-27.

Wickliff, John, "Charity,"  Writings of the Reverend and Learned John Wickliff, vol. 1 in the set, The British Reformers, pp. 197-201.

13:4-8
Manton, Thomas, Works, 306ff.

13:6
Howe, John, "Of Charity in Reference to Other Men's Sins,"  Works, ii.451-473.

13:7
Spurgeon, C.H., "Love's Labours,"  #1617, MTP 27.497-508.

13:11
Griffin, Edward D., "When I Was a Child I Thought as a Child,"  Life and Sermons, ii.307-317.

13:12
Spurgeon, C.H., "Now and Then,"  #1002, MTP 17.409-420.

13:13
Adams, Thomas, "The Three Divine Sisters:  Faith, Hope, and Charity,"  Works, ii.274-283.

15:1-11
Wickliff, John, "Paul's Preaching the Gospel,"  Writings of the Reverend and Learned John Wickliff, vol. 1 in the set, The British Reformers, pp. 218-220.

15:1-2
Candlish, Robert S., discourse I, Life in a Risen Saviour, pp. 1-12.

15:2
Steele, Richard, "What are the Hindrances and Helps to a Good Memory in Spiritual Things?,"  The Morning Exercises, iii.345-368.

15:3-11
Candlish, Robert S., discourse II, Life in a Risen Saviour, pp. 13-34.

15:10
M'Crie, Thomas, "The Character of Paul," (in two sermons), Sermons, pp. 1-21 & 22-43.

15:12-17
Candlish, Robert S., discourse III, Life in a Risen Saviour, pp. 35-47.

15:12-19
Spurgeon, C.H., "If There Be No Resurrection,"  #2287, MTP 38.601-610.

15:13
Boston, Thomas, "The Danger of Not Waiting on God After the Due Order,"  Works, ix.53-61.

15:14
Vos, Geerhardus, "The Joy of Resurrection Life,"  Grace and Glory, pp. 155-168.

15:18-19
Candlish, Robert S., discourse IV, Life in a Risen Saviour, pp. 48-62.

15:19
Manton, Thomas, Works, xix.125.

Spurgeon, C.H., "Alas for Us, If Thou Wert All, And Nought Beyond, O Earth,"  #562, MTP 10.181-192.

15:20-23
Candlish, Robert S., discourse V, Life in a Risen Saviour, pp. 63-76.

15:20
Newton, John, "The Lord is Risen Indeed,"  Works, iv.448-457.  (Sermon 40 in his series on the texts of Handel's Messiah).

Spurgeon, C.H., "Resurrection--Christ the Firstfruits,"  #445, MTP 8.217-229.

15:21-22
Newton, John, "Death by Adam, Life by Christ,"  Works, iv.458-468.  (Sermon 41 in his series on the texts of Handel's Messiah).

15:24-28
Candlish, Robert S., discourse VI, Life in a Risen Saviour, pp. 77-90.

15:25-26
Edwards, Jonathan, "Christ Exalted:  or, Jesus Christ Gloriously Exalted above All Evil in the Work of Redemption,"  (discourse), Works (BT; Tegg) ii.213-220.

15:25
Spurgeon, C.H., "Good News for Loyal Subjects,"  #807, MTP 14.229-240.

Spurgeon, C.H., "He Must Reign,"  #2940, MTP 51.289-300.

15:26
Spurgeon, C.H., "The Last Enemy Destroyed,"  #721, MTP 12.637-648.

Spurgeon, C.H., "Christ the Destroyer of Death,"  #1329, MTP 22.697-708.

15:29-32
Candlish, Robert S., discourse VII, Life in a Risen Saviour, pp. 91-108.

15:31
Owen, John, "The Christian's Work of Dying Daily,"  Works, ix.334-346 and ix.346-352.

Spurgeon, C.H., "Dying Daily,"  #828, MTP 14.481-492.

15:33-34
Candlish, Robert S., discourse VIII, Life in a Risen Saviour, pp. 109-133.

15:33
Sprague, Wm. B., "The Danger of Evil Company,"  Lectures to Young People, pp 13-30.

15:35-38
Candlish, Robert S., discourse IX, Life in a Risen Saviour, pp. 134-146.

15:39-42
Candlish, Robert S., discourse X, Life in a Risen Saviour, pp. 147-158.

15:42-44
Candlish, Robert S., discourse XI, Life in a Risen Saviour, pp. 159-169.

15:44
Candlish, Robert S., discourse XII, Life in a Risen Saviour, pp. 170-189.

15:45-49
Candlish, Robert S., discourse XIII, Life in a Risen Saviour, pp. 190-205.

15:45
Boston, Thomas, "Of the Covenant of Grace,"  Commentary on the Shorter Catechism, i.314-374.

15:50-53
Candlish, Robert S., discourse XIV, Life in a Risen Saviour, pp. 206-228.

15:51-52
Newton, John, "The General Resurrection,"  Works, iv.468-479.  (Sermon 42 in his series on the texts of Handel's Messiah).

15:53-54
Candlish, Robert S., discourse XV, Life in a Risen Saviour, pp. 229-265.

15:54
Howe, John, "The Christian's Triumph Over Death:  A Funeral Sermon on the Death of Mrs. Judith Hammond,"  Works, iii.369-387.

Newton, John, "Death Swallowed Up In Victory,"  Works, iv.479-490.

(Sermon 43 in his series on the texts of Handel's Messiah).

15:55-58
Spurgeon, C.H., "A Challenge and War-Charge,"  #2929, MTP 51.157-168.

15:55-57
Newton, John, "Triumph Over Death and The Grave,"  Works, iv.490-502.  (Sermon 44 in his series on the texts of Handel's Messiah).

15:55-56
Candlish, Robert S., discourse XVII, Life in a Risen Saviour, pp. 266-292.

15:57
Manton, Thomas, "The Saint's Triumph Over Death (A Sermon Preached at the Funeral of Mr. Christopher Love, in Lawrence Church, August 25, 1651), Works, ii.441-454.

15:58
Candlish, Robert S., discourse XIX, Life in a Risen Saviour, pp. 325-345.

Candlish, Robert S., discourse XX, Life in a Risen Saviour, pp. 346-374.

Spurgeon, C.H., "Motives for Stedfastness,"  #1111, MTP 19.265-276.

16:1-2
Edwards, Jonathan, "The Perpetuity and Change of the Sabbath,"  in three sermons, Works (BT; Tegg) ii.93-103.

16:13
Green, William Henry, "Christian Manliness,"  Princeton Sermons, pp. 235-259.

16:19
Henry, Matthew, "A Church in the House,"  (A Sermon Concerning Family Religion), Works, i.248-267.

16:22
Doolittle, Thomas, Love to Christ, Necessary to Escape the Curse at His Coming, [30 sermons or discourses based upon 1 Corinthians 16:22: "If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. Our Lord, come! [ESV], 215pp.

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