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An Eminent Religious Writer: Thomas Manton (1620-1677)

Judges 5:14 And out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer. J. C. RYLE (1816-1900): Let me clear the way by considering an objection which is frequently brought against Manton. That objection is that he was “a … Continue reading

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Are You Preparing a Sermon, or Writing an Essay?

Psalm 45:1 My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the thing which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. MATTHEW POOLE (1624-1679): “My heart is inditing”― In Hebrew, it … Continue reading

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Letter Writing

Hebrews 13:22        I have written a letter unto you. WILLIAM S. PLUMER (1802-1880): ‘How shall I be useful?’ is one of the most serious and weighty questions. ‘How shall I be useful with the pen?’ is an inquiry worthy … Continue reading

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Writers & their Labours

Judges 5:14       And out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer. WILLIAM S. PLUMER (1802-1880): Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all the people, Psalm 96:3. Declare―the corresponding word is a book; and … Continue reading

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Writing for Posterity: John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress

Isaiah 8:1       Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen.  GEORGE OFFOR (1787-1864): The most important events have arisen out of circumstances very different to what reason could have expected…The Redeemer of the world … Continue reading

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Some Directions for Writers

Psalm 45:1        My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.   JOHN NEWTON (1725-1807): A well-known observation of Lord Bacon is much to my present purpose. It is to this effect: “That reading makes a full man, writing an … Continue reading

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