A Body of Practical Divinity

Name: A Body of Practical 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: 1770
Category: Theology
Length: 276k words · about 18 hours
Chapters: 53

About this book

The companion volume to John Gill's Body of Doctrinal Divinity, published in 1770. Here Gill turns from what Christians are to believe to how they are to live: worship, prayer, the ordinances, the ordering of the church, and the duties of the Christian life. Together the two volumes form one of the most complete systems produced by an English Baptist theologian.

Chapter 1. Of the Worship of God, or Practical Religion of the Object of Worship.
Chapter 2. Of Internal Worship, and of Godliness the Groundwork of it.
Chapter 3. Of the Knowledge of God.
Chapter 4. Of Repentance Towards God.
Chapter 5. Of the Fear of God
Chapter 6. Of Faith in God and in Christ · Part 1 🔒
Chapter 6. Of Faith in God and in Christ · Part 2 🔒
Chapter 6. Of Faith in God and in Christ · Part 3 🔒
Chapter 7. Of Trust and Confidence in God 🔒
Chapter 8. Of the Grace of God 🔒
Chapter 9. Of the Grace of Love 🔒
Chapter 10. Of Spiritual Joy 🔒
Chapter 11. Of Peace and Tranquility of Mind 🔒
Book I. On the Worship of God. · Chapter 12 🔒
Chapter 13. Of Thankfulness to God 🔒
Chapter 14. Of Humility 🔒
Chapter 15. Of Self-Denial 🔒
Chapter 16. Of Resignation to the Will of God 🔒
Chapter 17. Of Patience 🔒
Chapter 18. Of Christian Fortitude 🔒
Chapter 19. Of Zeal 🔒
Chapter 20. Of Wisdom or Prudence 🔒
Chapter 21. Of Godly Sincerity 🔒
Chapter 22. Of Spiritual Mindedness 🔒
Chapter 23. Of a Good Conscience 🔒
Chapter 24. Of Communion with God 🔒
Chapter 1. Of the Nature of a Gospel Church, the Seat of Public Worship 🔒
Chapter 2. Of the Duties of the Member of a Church to Each Other 🔒
Chapter 3. Of the Officers of a Church, Particularly Pastors 🔒
Chapter 4. Of the Duties of Members of Churches to their Pastors 🔒
Chapter 5. Of the Office of Deacons 🔒
Chapter 6. Of the Discipline of a Church of Christ 🔒
Chapter 1. Of Baptism · Part 1 🔒
Chapter 1. Of Baptism · Part 2 🔒
Chapter 1. Of Baptism · Part 3 🔒
Chapter 2. Of the Lord’s Supper 🔒
Chapter 3. Of the Public Ministry of the Word 🔒
Chapter 4.Of Public Hearing the Word 🔒
Chapter 5. of Public Prayer 🔒
Chapter 6. Of the Lord’s Prayer 🔒
Chapter 7. Of Singing Psalms, as a Part of Public Worship 🔒
Chapter 8. Of the Circumstances of Public Worship, as to Place and Time 🔒
Chapter 1. Of the Respective Duties of Husband and Wife. 🔒
Chapter 2. Of the Respective Duties of Parents and Children 🔒
Chapter 3. Of the Respective Duties of Masters and Servants 🔒
Chapter 4. Of the Respective Duties Of Magistrates and Subjects. 🔒
Chapter 5. Of Good Works in General 🔒
Chapter 6. A Compendium or Summary of the Decalogue or Ten Commands 🔒
Chapter 1. A Dissertation Concerning the Baptism of Jewish Proselytes Of the Various Sorts of Proselytes Among the Jews. 🔒
Chapter 2. The Occasion of this Dissertation 🔒
Chapter 3. The Proof of the Baptism of Jewish Proselytes Inquired Into; Whether there is any Proof of it Before, At, or Quickly After the Times of John and Christ. 🔒
Chapter 4. The Proof of this Custom only from the Talmuds and Talmudical Writers. 🔒
Chapter 5. The Reasons Why Christian Baptism is not Founded on, and Taken From, the Pretended Jewish Baptism of Israelites and Proselytes. 🔒