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Septimus Sears
Septimus who? Septimus Sears? Never heard of him! Such, perhaps, will be the response of many when first hearing of this book. But this good man is worth knowing, and David Gay wants to tell others about him. Some, of course, will know all about him already - or will they? Gay hopes to shine a little light on a particular aspect of Sears' life and work, a light which might help lift the fog of misunderstanding and misrepresentation which has shrouded his memory. More important, in so doing, Gay hopes to bring out some valuable lessons for us today. An English Victorian (1819-1877), Septimus Sears was the preacher in the Strict Baptist church, Clifton, Bedfordshire, for 35 years. What labours...
No Safety Before Saving Faith
Septimus Sears: 'I have great hope that the neglected doctrine of justification by faith will have come into greater prominence by means of the attack upon my sermon; and if such should be the case, it will be a clear gain to the church'.In September 1875, in his magazine the Sower, Septimus Sears published the second half of a sermon he had preached on Psalm 31:5. Its title reverberates to this day: 'A Safe Hand for a Sinful Soul'. Sears argued that when a sinner commits his soul to Christ, trusting him for salvation, that soul is immediately and forever safe, but until a sinner does so trust Christ, he is under the wrath of God, he is anything but 'safe'. As a consequence of this sermon, S...
The Improvement Era
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The Sower
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Senate Journal
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