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A Textual Index of Puritan & Reformed Sermons
1st John

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1:2
Bonar, Horatius, "The Manifested Life," in two sermons,  52 Sermons, pp. 20-25 & pp. 26-32.

1:3
Clarkson, David, "Believer's Communion with the Father and Son,"   Works, iii.165-186.

Spurgeon, C.H., "Fellowship with God,"  #409, MTP 7.489-496.

1:6-7
Spurgeon, C.H., "The Child of Light Walking in Light,"  #1986, MTP 33.553-564.

1:7
Barker, Matthew, "The Right Way of Obtaining and Maintaining Communion with God,"  The Morning Exercises, iv.38-56.

Charnock, Stephen, "A Discourse of the Cleansing Virtue of Christ's Blood," Works iii.501-534.

Palmer, Benjamin Morgan, "Connexion of Atonement with Holiness," Sermons, II. 19-27.

Spurgeon, C.H., "Walking in the Light and Washed in the Blood,"  #663, MTP 11.673-684.

1:8-10
Spurgeon, C.H., "Honest Dealing with God,"  #1241, MTP 21.361-372.

1:9
Palmer, Benjamin Morgan, "Confession and Forgiveness," Sermons, II. 51-61.


2:1
Charnock, Stephen, "A Discourse of Christ's Intercession," Works v.91-144.

Clarkson, James, untitled,
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. 167-184. [Available in the PCA Historical Center]

Spurgeon, C.H., "The Sinner's Advocate,"  #515, MTP 9.337-348.

2:2
Witherspoon, John, "Christ's Death a Proper Atonement for Sin," Works, ii.63-77.

2:3-4
Spurgeon, C.H., "Sincerity and Duplicity,"  #922, MTP 16.169-180.

2:6
Flavel, Johm, "Of the Imitation of Christ in holiness of Life, and the necessity of it in Believers,"  The Method of GraceWorks, ii.397-413.

Spurgeon, C.H., "In Him:  Like Him,"  #1732, MTP 29.409-420.

2:12-13
Spurgeon, C.H., "A Sermon to the Lord's Little Children,"  #1711, MTP 29.157-168.

2:12
Manton, Thomas, Works, xx.380-    .

2:13-14
Goodwin, Thomas, Three Several Ages of Christians in Faith and Obedience, Works, vii.473-518.

            Ch. 1:  The design of the apostle in the text explained.  The characters of the several ages of Christians are drawn from what is found as an excellency in each of these ages in men's natural life.

            Ch. 2:  Of communion with the two persons of the Godhead, Father and Son; and how a believer, in his several ages, hath suitably communion sometimes more with the one, sometimes more with the other.

            Ch. 3:  The character of young men, or middle-aged Christians in Christ (1 John 2:14).

Manton, Thomas, Works, xx.390

Spurgeon, C.H., "A Description of Young Men in Christ,"  #1715, MTP 29.205-216.

Spurgeon, C.H., "Fathers in Christ,"  #1751, MTP 29.637-648.

2:13
Patton, Francis L, "Religion in College,"  Princeton Sermons, pp. 130-158.

2:14
Spurgeon, C.H., "Unto You, Young Men,"  #811, MTP 14.277-288.

2:15
Chalmers, Thomas, "The Expulsive Power of a New Affection,"  Sermons and Discourses, ii.271-278.

Gale, Theophilus, "Wherein the Love of the World is Inconsistent with the Love of God,"  The Morning Exercises, i.642-665

2:20
Manton, Thomas, Works, xxii.95

2:28-3:1
Warfield, B.B., "Childship to God,"  Faith & Life, pp 448-458.

2:28
Spurgeon, C.H., "Preparation for the Coming of the Lord,"  #2105, MTP 35.505-516.

3:1-4
Manton, Thomas, Works, xx.438-xx.496, in five sermons.

3:1
M'Cheyne, Robert Murray, "Adoption,"   A Basket of Fragments, pp. 40-43.

Spurgeon, C.H., "And We Are,"  #1934, MTP 32.673-684.

3:3
Sibbes, Richard, "The Pattern of Purity,"  Works, vii.505-516.

3:4
Boston, Thomas, "Of Sin in General,"  Commentary on the Shorter Catechism, i.256-266.

3:8
Spurgeon, C.H., "The Works of the Devil Destroyed,"  #1728, MTP 29.361-372.

3:9
Charnock, Stephen, "A Discourse of the Sins of the Regenerate," Works v.414-434.

3:11
Manton, Thomas, “Love One Another,”  in The Puritans on Loving One Another, pp. 48-68.

3:16
Spurgeon, C.H., "God's Love to the Saints,"  #2959, MTP 51.517-528.

3:19
Palmer, Benjamin Morgan, "Evidences of Conversion," Sermons, II. 245-257.

3:21
Spurgeon, C.H., "What Is The Verdict?,"  #1855, MTP 31.445-456.

3:22-24
Spurgeon, C.H., "The Conditions of Power in Prayer,"  #1103, MTP 19.169-180.

3:23
Spurgeon, C.H., "The Warrant of Faith,"  #531, MTP 9.529-540.

Witherspoon, John, "The Nature of Faith," Works, ii.49-62.

3:24
Flavel, John, "An Interest in Christ known by the Gift of the Holy Spirit, and His operations in the Soul,"  The Method of GraceWorks, ii.328-344.

4:1
Edwards, Jonathan, "The Marks of a Work of the True Spirit,"  (discourse), Works (BT; Tegg) ii.260-277.

4:10-11
Spurgeon, C.H., "Herein is Love,"  #1707, MTP 29.109-120.

4:10
Palmer, Benjamin Morgan, "Law and Love," Sermons, I, 277-289.

Spurgeon, C.H., "Love's Climax,"  #2394, MTP 41.1-9.

4:14
Boston, Thomas, "Christ the Saviour of the World,"  Works, vi.294-305.

Spurgeon, C.H., "Seeing and Testifying,"  #2383, MTP 40.493-502.

4:15
Peck, Thomas E., untitled, Works, iii.375-383.

4:16
Palmer, Benjamin Morgan, "Love, the Law of the Heart," Sermons, II. 333-342.

4:19
Chalmers, Thomas, "Gratitude, Not a Sordid Affection,"  Sermons and Discourses, ii.66-74.  Also in Sermons, Tron Church, pp. 242-278.

Spurgeon, C.H., "Love's Logic,"  #1008, MTP 17.481-492.

Spurgeon, C.H., "Love's Birth and Parentage,"  #1299, MTP 22.337-348.

5:1
Spurgeon, C.H., "Faith and Regeneration,"  #979, MTP 17.133-144.

5:2
Bates, William, "What are the Signs and Symptoms Whereby We Know that We Love the Children of God?,"  The Morning Exercises, iii.368-377.

5:3
Edwards, Jonathan, "True Love to God,"  Works, x.635-643.

5:4-12
Wickliff, John, "The Victory over the World,"  Writings of the Reverend and Learned John Wickliff, vol. 1 in the set, The British Reformers, pp. 206-208.

5:4
Alexander, Archibald, "Faith's Victory Over the World,"  Practical Sermons, pp. 407-423.

5:5-6
Bonar, Horatius, "The Three Witnesses,"  52 Sermons, pp. 348-357.

5:7
Boston, Thomas, "Of the Holy Trinity,"  Commentary on the Shorter Catechism, i.142-148.

Needler, Benjamin, "The Trinity Proved by Scripture,"  The Morning Exercises, v.54-66.

5:8
Spurgeon, C.H., "The Three Witnesses,"  #1187, MTP 20.445-456.

5:9-10
Spurgeon, C.H., "Faith, and the Witness Upon Which It is Founded,"  #1213, MTP 21.37-48.

5:10
Baxter, Richard, "Christ's Witness Within Us, the Believer's Special Advantage against Temptations to Infidelity,"  Practical Works, pp.291-316.  Together with reference to John

Spurgeon, C.H., "A Solemn Impeachment of Unbelievers,"  #1207, MTP 20.685-696.

Spurgeon, C.H., "The Priest Dispensed With,"  #1250, MTP 21.469-480.

Spurgeon, C.H., "The True Position of the Witness Within,"  #1428, MTP 24.445-456.

5:12
Spurgeon, C.H., "Alive or Dead--Which?,"  #755, MTP 13.325-336.

5:13-15
Spurgeon, C.H., "Praying and Waiting,"  #596, MTP 10.597-608.

5:13
Doolittle, Thomas, "If We Must Aim At Assurance, What Should They Do, That Are Not Able To Discern Their Own Spiritual Condition?,"

The Morning Exercises, i.252-283.

Spurgeon, C.H., "Helps to Full Assurance,"  #1791, MTP 30.397-408.

Spurgeon, C.H., "The Blessing of Full Assurance,"  #2023, MTP 34.265-276.

5:16
Bonar, Horatius, "The Sin Unto Death,"  52 Sermons, pp. 340-347.

Chalmers, Thomas, "On the Nature of the Sin unto Death,"  Sermons and Discourses, i.43-51.

5:19
Boston, Thomas, "The State and Character of Believers (A View of This and the Other World; with the State of Saints and Sinners in Both, Contrasted; particularly describing the Solemn Entrance which the Soul Makes into the Other World at Death),"  Works, v.301-349.

Boston, Thomas, "The Divine Call to Sinners to Come Out from among the World lying in Wickedness, Explained and Urged,"  Works, v.349-374.  Together with the text of 2 Cor 6:17.

Newton, John, "Of the Assurance of Faith,"  Works, ii.583-600.

5:20-21
Spurgeon, C.H., "Eternal Life!,"  together with the text of Jn 17:3,  #2396, MTP 41.25-33.

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