A Body of Doctrinal Divinity

Name: A Body of Doctrinal Divinity
Author: John Gill

John Gill (1697–1771) was an English Particular Baptist pastor and theologian. Born at Kettering and largely self-taught in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, he pastored the Baptist congregation at Horsleydown, Southwark, for fifty-one years. Gill produced a verse-by-verse exposition of the whole Bible and a complete systematic theology — A Body of Doctrinal Divinity and A Body of Practical Divinity — and defended Calvinistic doctrine in The Cause of God and Truth.

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First published: 1769
Category: Theology
Length: 596k words · about 40 hours
Chapters: 127

About this book

John Gill's systematic theology, published in 1769 after a lifetime of preaching and study in London. Gill, a Baptist pastor of deep learning, treats the doctrines of God, of Christ, of the Spirit, and of salvation from a firmly Calvinistic standpoint, supporting each head with wide reference to Scripture and earlier writers. It remains a standard work in the Baptist Reformed tradition.

Chapter 1. Of the Being of God
Chapter 2. Of the Holy Scriptures · Part 1
Chapter 2. Of the Holy Scriptures · Part 2
Chapter 2. Of the Holy Scriptures · Part 3
Chapter 3. Of the Names of God
Chapter 4. Of the Nature of God
Chapter 5. Of The Attributes of God In General, and of his Immutability In Particular
Chapter 6. Of The Infinity Of God, His Omnipresence And Eternity
Chapter 7. Of The Life Of God
Chapter 8. Of The Omnipotence Of God
Chapter 9. Of The Omniscience Of God
Chapter 10. Of The Wisdom Of God
Chapter 11. Of The Will Of God, And The Sovereignty Of It 🔒
Chapter 12. Of The Love Of God 🔒
Chapter 13. Of The Grace Of God 🔒
Chapter 14. Of The Mercy Of God 🔒
Chapter 15. Of The Longsuffering Of God 🔒
Chapter 16. Of The Goodness Of God 🔒
Chapter 17. Of The Anger And Wrath Of God 🔒
Chapter 18. Of The Hatred Of God 🔒
Chapter 19. Of The Joy Of God 🔒
Chapter 20. Of The Holiness Of God 🔒
Chapter 21. Of The Justice Or Righteousness Of God 🔒
Chapter 22. Of The Veracity Of God 🔒
Chapter 23. Of The Faithfulness Of God 🔒
Chapter 24. Of The Sufficiency And Perfection Of God 🔒
Chapter 25. Of The Blessedness Of God 🔒
Chapter 26. Of The Unity Of God 🔒
Chapter 27. Of A Plurality In The Godhead; Or, A Trinity Of Persons In The Unity Of The Divine Essence 🔒
Chapter 28. Of The Personal Relations; Or, Relative Properties Which Distinguish The Three Divine Persons In The Deity · Part 1 🔒
Chapter 28. Of The Personal Relations; Or, Relative Properties Which Distinguish The Three Divine Persons In The Deity · Part 2 🔒
Chapter 28. Of The Personal Relations; Or, Relative Properties Which Distinguish The Three Divine Persons In The Deity · Part 3 🔒
Chapter 28. Of The Personal Relations; Or, Relative Properties Which Distinguish The Three Divine Persons In The Deity · Part 4 🔒
Chapter 29. Of The Distinct Personality, And Deity Of The Father 🔒
Chapter 30. Of The Distinct Personality, And Deity Of The Son 🔒
Chapter 31. Of The Distinct Personality, And Deity Of The Holy Spirit 🔒
Chapter 1. Of The Internal Acts And Works Of God; And Of His Decrees In General 🔒
Chapter 2. Of The Special Decrees Of God, Relating To Rational Creatures, Angels, And Men; And Particularly Of Election · Part 1 🔒
Chapter 2. Of The Special Decrees Of God, Relating To Rational Creatures, Angels, And Men; And Particularly Of Election · Part 2 🔒
Chapter 2. Of The Special Decrees Of God, Relating To Rational Creatures, Angels, And Men; And Particularly Of Election · Part 3 🔒
Chapter 3. Of The Decree Of Rejection, Of Some Angels, And Of Some Men 🔒
Chapter 4. Of The Eternal Union Of The Elect Of God Unto Him 🔒
Chapter 5. Of Other Eternal And Immanent Acts In God, Particularly Adoption And Justification 🔒
Chapter 6. Of The Everlasting Council Between The Three Divine Persons, Concerning The Salvation Of Men 🔒
Chapter 7. Of The Everlasting Covenant Of Grace, Between The Father, And The Son, And The Holy Spirit 🔒
Chapter 8. Of The Part Which The Father Takes In The Covenant 🔒
Chapter 9. Of The Part The Son Of God, The Second Person, Has Taken In The Covenant 🔒
Chapter 10. Of Christ, As The Covenant Head Of The Elect 🔒
Chapter 11. Of Christ, The Mediator Of The Covenant 🔒
Chapter 12. Of Christ, The Surety Of The Covenant 🔒
Chapter 13. Of Christ, The Testator Of The Covenant 🔒
Chapter 14. Of The Concern The Spirit Of God Has In The Covenant Of Grace 🔒
Chapter 15. Of The Properties Of The Covenant Of Grace 🔒
Chapter 16. Of The Complacency And Delight God Had In Himself, And The Divine Persons In Each Other, Before Any Creature Was Brought Into Being 🔒
Chapter 1. Of Creation In General 🔒
Chapter 2. Of The Creation Of Angels 🔒
Chapter 3. Of The Creation Of Man 🔒
Chapter 4. Of The Providence of God · Part 1 🔒
Chapter 4. Of The Providence of God · Part 2 🔒
Chapter 4. Of The Providence of God · Part 3 🔒
Chapter 4. Of The Providence of God · Part 4 🔒
Chapter 4. Of The Providence of God · Part 5 🔒
Chapter 5. Of The Confirmation Of The Elect Angels, And The Fall Of The Non-Elect 🔒
Chapter 6. Of the Honour and Happiness of Man In a State of Innocency 🔒
Chapter 7. Of the Law Given to Adam, and the Covenant Made with him in his State of Innocence; in which he was the Federal Head and Representative of his Posterity 🔒
Chapter 8. Of the Sin and Fall of our First Parents 🔒
Chapter 9. Of the Nature, Aggravations, and Sad Effects Of the Sin of Man 🔒
Chapter 10. Of the Imputation of Adam’s Sin to All his Posterity 🔒
Chapter 11. Of The Of The Corruption Of Human Nature 🔒
Chapter 12. Of Actual Sins and Transgressions 🔒
Chapter 13. Of the Punishment of Sin 🔒
Chapter 1. Of the Manifestation and Administration of the Covenant of Grace 🔒
Chapter 2. Of the Exhibitions of the Covenant of Grace in the Patriarchal State 🔒
Chapter 3. Of the Exhibitions of the Covenant of Grace Under the Mosaic Dispensation 🔒
Chapter 4. Of the Covenant of Grace, as Exhibited in the Times of David, and the Succeeding Prophets, to the Coming of Christ 🔒
Chapter 5. Of the Abrogation of the Old Covenant, Or First Administration of it, And the Introduction of the New, Or Second Administration of it. 🔒
Chapter 6. Of the Law of God 🔒
Chapter 7. Of the Gospel 🔒
Chapter 1. Of the Incarnation of Christ 🔒
Chapter 3. Of Christ’s State of Humiliation 🔒
Chapter 3. Of the Active Obedience of Christ in His State of Humiliation 🔒
Chapter 4. Of the Passive Obedience of Christ, or of His Sufferings and Death 🔒
Chapter 5. Of the Burial of Christ 🔒
Chapter 6. Of the Resurrection of Christ from the Dead 🔒
Chapter 7. Of the Ascension of Christ to Heaven 🔒
Chapter 8. Of the Session of Christ at the Right Hand of God 🔒
Chapter 9. Of the Prophetic Office of Christ 🔒
Chapter 10. Of the Priestly Office of Christ 🔒
Chapter 11. Of the Intercession of Christ 🔒
Chapter 12. Of Christ’s Blessing His People as a Priest 🔒
Chapter 13. Of the Kingly Office of Christ 🔒
Chapter 14. Of the Spiritual Reign of Christ 🔒
Chapter 1. Of Redemption by Christ 🔒
Chapter 2. Of the Causes of Redemption by Christ 🔒
Chapter 3. Of the Objects of Redemption by Christ 🔒
Chapter 4. Of those Texts of Scripture which seem to Favour Universal Redemption 🔒
Chapter 5. Of The Satisfaction of Christ 🔒
Chapter 6. Of Propitiation, Atonement, and Reconciliation, as Ascribed to Christ 🔒
Chapter 7. Of The Pardon of Sin 🔒
Chapter 8. Of Justification · Part 1 🔒
Chapter 8. Of Justification · Part 2 🔒
Chapter 8. Of Justification · Part 3 🔒
Chapter 9. Of Adoption 🔒
Chapter 10. Of the Liberty of the Sons of God 🔒
Chapter 11. Of Regeneration 🔒
Chapter 12.Of Effectual Calling 🔒
Chapter 13. Of Conversion 🔒
Chapter 14. Of Sanctification 🔒
Chapter 15. Of the Perseverance of the Saints · Part 1 🔒
Chapter 15. Of the Perseverance of the Saints · Part 2 🔒
Chapter 15. Of the Perseverance of the Saints · Part 3 🔒
Chapter 15. Of the Perseverance of the Saints · Part 4 🔒
Chapter 1. Of the Death of the Body 🔒
Chapter 2. Of the Immortality of the Soul 🔒
Chapter 3. Of the Separate State of the Soul until the Resurrection, and its Employment in that State 🔒
Chapter 4. Of the Resurrection of the Body 🔒
Chapter 5. Of the Second Coming of Christ, and His Personal Appearance 🔒
Chapter 6. Of the Conflagration of the Universe 🔒
Chapter 7. Of the New Heavens and Earth, and the Inhabitants of them 🔒
Chapter 8. Of the Millennium, or Personal Reign of Christ with the Saints on the New Earth a Thousand Years · Part 1 🔒
Chapter 8. Of the Millennium, or Personal Reign of Christ with the Saints on the New Earth a Thousand Years · Part 2 🔒
Chapter 8. Of the Millennium, or Personal Reign of Christ with the Saints on the New Earth a Thousand Years · Part 3 🔒
Chapter 8. Of the Millennium, or Personal Reign of Christ with the Saints on the New Earth a Thousand Years · Part 4 🔒
Chapter 8. Of the Millennium, or Personal Reign of Christ with the Saints on the New Earth a Thousand Years · Part 5 🔒
Chapter 9. Of the Last and General Judgment 🔒
Chapter 10. Of the Final State of the Wicked in Hell 🔒
Chapter 11. Of the Final State of the Saints in Heaven 🔒