The Works of Abraham Booth, Vols. I–III
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the

WORKS

of

ABRAHAM BOOTH,

late

Pastor of the Baptist Church

assembling in

LITTLE PRESCOT STREET, GOODMAN’S FIELDS,

LONDON

with some account of his

LIFE AND WRITINGS

VOLS. I–III

London:

J. Haddon, 12, Tabernacle Walk,

Finsbury Square

sold by button & son, paternoster-row;

sold also by

gale, curtis, and fenner; hamilton; and baynes, paternoster-row; williams and son, stationers’ court; burton, leadenhall street; and bagster, strand

1813

CONTENTS

to

VOL. I.

MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR

THE REIGN OF GRACE

The Author’s Preface

Introduction

Chapter I. Concerning the Signification of the term Grace

Chap. II. Of Grace as it reigns in our Salvation in general

Chap. III. Of Grace as it reigns in Election

Chap. IV. Of Grace as it reigns in Effectual Calling

Chap. V. Of Grace as it reigns in a full, free, and everlasting Pardon

Chap. VI. Of Grace as it reigns in Justification

Chap. VII. Of Grace as it reigns in Adoption

Chap. VIII. Of Grace as it reigns in Sanctification

Chap. IX. Concerning the necessity and usefulness of Holiness and Good Works

Chap. X. Of Grace as it reigns in the Perseverance of the saints to eternal glory

Chap. XI. Concerning the Person of Christ by whom Grace reigns

Chap. XII. Concerning the Work of Christ through which Grace reigns

Chap. XIII. Concerning the Consummation of the glorious reign of Grace

THE DEATH OF LEGAL HOPE THE LIFE OF EVANGELICAL OBEDIENCE

Introduction

Section I. What Law it was to which the apostle was dead

Sect. II. Unregenerate sinners alive to the Law as a Covenant

Sect. III. Believers dead to the Law considered as a Covenant

Sect. IV. Of the Law as dead to Believers

Sect. V. Believers dead to the Law that they might live to God

Sect. VI. We must be dead to the Law as a Covenant before we can live to God in holy and acceptable Obedience

Sect. VII. Of the Law as a Rule of Moral Conduct to Believers

VOL. II.

GLAD TIDINGS TO PERISHING SINNERS, &c.

Preface

Introduction

Chapter I. The Genuine Gospel a complete Warrant for the most Ungodly Person to believe in Jesus

Chap. II. No degree of Holiness previously necessary to our believing in Jesus

Chap. III. Objections answered

Chap. IV. The salutary and practical tendency of the principle maintained

ESSAY ON THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST

APOLOGY FOR THE BAPTISTS

Preface

Section I. The Baptists not chargeable with laying an unwarrantable stress on the ordinance of Baptism

Sect. II. The general grounds on which we proceed, in refusing communion at the Lord’s table to Pædobaptist Believers—Novelty of the sentiment and practice of our brethren, who plead for Free Communion: and the Inconsistency of such a conduct with their Baptist Principles

Sect. III. Arguments against Free Communion at the Lord’s Table

Sect. IV. Several Passages of Scripture considered, which our Brethren produce in favour of their Sentiments

Sect. V. The Temper required of Christians one towards another, not Contrary to our Practice—Our Conduct freed from the charge of Inconsistency—No reason to exalt the Lord’s Supper ...

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About The Works of Abraham Booth, Vols. I–III

The Works of Abraham Booth combines the Baptist apologist’s writings with details of his life in three volumes of valuable text. A minister for 50 years, Abraham Booth was influential within the Baptist denomination, and he engaged many controversies of his day, such as abolition. Among the pieces included in this collection are Booth’s most influential work, The Reign of Grace, a collection of his sermons and tracts, and a memoir of this popular and complex minister.

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