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Augustus Toplady

Augustus Toplady

38 Articles 20 Books Articles from 2004 - 2021
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Augustus Montague Toplady (4 November 1740 — 11 August 1778) was an Anglican cleric and hymn writer. He was a major Calvinist opponent of John Wesley. He is best remembered as the author of the hymn "Rock of Ages".
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The Sovereign Protector
April 30, 2021 1 min read
A sovereign Protector I have Unseen yet forever at hand Unchangeably faithful to save Almighty to rule and command He smiles and my comforts abound His grace as the dew shall descend And walls of salv
Apt to Judge
June 29, 2020 1 min read
We are apt to judge of providential dispensations as an ignorant person would of a half finished picture but stay till the imperfect draft is finished and it will appear beautiful
Rock of Ages
June 25, 2020 1 min read
Rock of Ages cleft for me Let me hide myself in Thee Let the water and the blood From Thy riven side which flowed Be of sin the double cure Save me from its guilt and power Not the labor of my hands C
Good News From Heaven
May 22, 2020 2 min read
I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever with my mouth will I make known Thy faithfulness to all generations Psalm 89 1 What was it which made David so desirous to sing of the mercies of the Lo
This is Comforting
May 22, 2020 1 min read
A child of God is like a person in a beautiful palace if there is light in it he sees the splendid objects around him and enjoys them but if the light is removed he is nevertheless in the palace still
Whether unnecessary cruelty to the Brute creation, is not criminal?
April 4, 2020 13 min read
Speech Delivered at the Queen's Arms SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE QUEEN'S ARMS NEWGATE- STREET ON THE FOLLOWING QUESTION Whether unnecessary cruelty to the Brute creation is not criminal Mr President The h
The Doctrine of Predetermination
February 11, 2020 2 min read
When I consider the absolute independency of God and the necessary total dependence of all created things on Him their first Cause I cannot help standing astonished at the pride of impotent degenerate
What Is Your Hope?
August 29, 2019 2 min read
Ask almost any man Whether he hopes to be saved eternally He will answer in the affirmative But enquire again On what foundation he rests his hope Here too many are sadly divided The Pelagian hopes to
Where Is Your Refuge?
February 17, 2019 1 min read
It is a peculiar happiness to observe that in matters of spiritual concern the philosopher and the ploughman if truly regenerate have the same feelings speak the same language and they all eat of the
Augustus Toplady's Final Words
11 August 1778
January 5, 2019 2 min read
These words were spoken by Augustus Toplady during his final moments as he died from tuberculosis Oh what a day of sunshine this has been to me I want words to express it it is unutterable Oh my frien
Faith
December 31, 2018 2 min read
Faith in God's promises may be compared to a bank note full and felt possession of the blessings promised is like ready cash The man who has bank-notes to any given value looks upon himself as possess
The Conditions for Salvation
December 31, 2018 1 min read
Remember that the conditions of fallen man's salvation are two and no more namely perfect atonement for sin and perfect obedience to the law Both of these conditions Christ has completely fulfilled in
That He Should Condescend to Be Sold
December 31, 2018 1 min read
If anything can awake astonishment and inflame our gratitude it must be that mystery of love God manifested in our nature and made man to bleed and die for our salvation That He should condescend to b
The Aim of my Ministry
December 27, 2018 1 min read
O my Lord let not my ministry be approved only or tend to no more than conciliating the esteem and affections of my people to thy unworthy messenger but do the work of thy grace upon their hearts call
The Last Will and Testament of Mr. Toplady
December 26, 2018 8 min read
We here subjoin a copy of the last Will and Testament of Mr Toplady ratified six months prior to his decease IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I Augustus Montague Toplady Clerk Batchelor of Arts and vicar of th
A Meditation for a New Year's Day
December 26, 2018 2 min read
Suggested by some remarkable passages in Re 21 particularly by that which immediately follows He that sat upon the throne said Behold I make all things new Rev 21 5 As the opening of the present year
There is No Sin Which I Should Not Commit
Were Not Jesus
December 26, 2018 1 min read
Who am I O Lord The weakest and the vilest of all thy called ones not only the least of saints but the chief of sinners But though a sinner yet sanctified in part by the Holy Ghost given unto me I sho
John Gill's Tract on Justification
December 26, 2018 1 min read
Dec 26 1767 Gave Dr Gill's tract on Justification another reading not without much edification and comfort I do think that this great man's arguments for the proper eternity of this blessing ex parte
A Monument of Mercy
December 26, 2018 2 min read
This morning one William Towning about nineteen years old was brought here before Mr Penny for breaking open and robbing farmer Endicott's house yesterday afternoon in time of service while the family
Year End Review
December 26, 2018 1 min read
Upon a review of the past year I desire to confess that my unfaithfulness has been exceeding great my sins still greater God's mercies greater than both My short-comings and my mid-doings my unbelief

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