Publisher:   CBO Publications
Format:   Paperback, 103pp
Code:   2736
ISBN:  1 901918 07 6
List Price:  £3.75

Publisher:   CBO Publications
Format:   Paperback, 43pp
Code:   4075
ISBN:  1 901918 14 9
List Price:  £3.95

The stories in this book were gathered and written by Dr Lydia Houghton, fitting this in to her very busy life as a family doctor in an inner city practice in Bristol.  She wrote under the pen-name ’Damaris’ for the Young People’s Page in the Gospel Magazine for over 30 years.  All the stories are true, illustrating God’s mercy and grace in spiritual and temporal blessings. This is the third and final book in the 'Damaris' series (the first two books are now out of print).

Barbara Hallihan is a contemporary writer who has a special interest in writing historical Christian fiction for children and young people. The historical setting is England in the 1800’s when many children were forced to begin work at a very young age to help support their needy families. In the coalfields of Northern England this meant pit work. The main character in this gripping story, Peter, with two other boys, Jos and Bobby, come to find out for themselves that work does not always go smoothly down in the mine, and that life and death are issues that face children as much as adults. The book has 24 powerful black and white illustrations and demonstrates a clear gospel message undergirded with traditional Reformed Evangelical doctrine.

'The Ryde Rediscovery Series' - Australia's Particular Baptist Heritage
A series designed to 'rediscover' the lives of important figures from the early years of the Particular Baptist denomination in Australia, highlighting the principles which directed them. The material has been compiled and edited by Jeremy Roe and published with the support of the Ryde Particular Baptist Church, Sydney, Australia. The booklets are each approximately 84pp, pb with full colour gloss covers.

Publisher:   CBO Publications
Format:   Booklet, 84pp
Code:   2704
ISBN:  1 901918 00 9
List Price:  £ 3.00

Publisher:   CBO Publications
Format:   Booklet, 84pp
Code:   2710
ISBN:  1 901918 01 7
List Price:  £ 3.00

When Henry Dowling arrived in Tasmania in 1834 it was still a British penal settlement.  Constrained only by his obedience to the call of God, unsupported by any missionary organisation, he went to preach the gospel of free grace among the convicts. This booklet brings together for the first time the account of an eventful life with the gleanings of a vintage ministry, each in themselves a testimony to the riches of sovereign grace.  First in a series focused on the development of Australian Particular Baptists.

Melbourne in the early 1850's bore all the appearance of a frontier town. These were gold rush days, and few were immune to the lure of instant wealth. Material obsession left little appetite for religion. John Bunyan McCure declared, 'this is the country to try a man whether he is in the faith or not. If the root of the matter is not in him, he will soon be driven away from the profession he has made'. In this extract from his long out of print autobiography, Life in England and Australia, McCure recalls the hardships of those eventful times.  Second in the series.

Arrival in Sydney - Building Castlereagh St. Church 1861 - 1870
John Bunyan McCure 

Publisher:   CBO Publications
Format:   Booklet, 88pp
Code:   2726
ISBN:  1 901918 02 5
List Price:  £ 3.00

Pastor and Pioneer - A Biography 1824 - 1891
Daniel Allen 

Publisher:   CBO Publications
Format:   Booklet, 86pp
Code:   2884
ISBN:  1 901918 03 3
List Price:  £ 3.00

The third in the series continues with the life story of John Bunyan McCure as he came to stay in Sydney in 1861. His bold public preaching extended even to holding a service on board a ship docked at Circular Quay, which was attended by 1200 people. He describes the exhaustive preaching and lecturing tours he undertook in order to meet the debt of building a new chapel, which included a journey of 32,000 miles to England and back. To be successful in this, only to encounter personal tragedy on his return, makes for a most moving account.

There is little doubt that Daniel Allen was the foremost Particular Baptist minister the denomination has known in Australia. Although still remembered by some as 'Pastor Allen' in Sydney to this day, it is evident that generally his name has fallen into obscurity. His ministry extended for over 40 years throughout Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales. He was a bold and original preacher, and once preached to an estimated 20,000 people in Hyde Park, Sydney. This booklet once more makes available the biography of one who was once aptly described in the Gospel Standard Magazine as 'a giant in the truth.'  Fourth in the series.

From The Heart -Selected Writings 1871 - 1891
Daniel Allen 

Publisher:   CBO Publications
Format:   Booklet, 81pp
Code:   3065
ISBN:  1 901918 04 1
List Price:  £ 3.00

Daniel Allen was the pastor of Castlereagh St. Particular Baptist Church in Sydney from 1871 until his death in 1891. A selection of his writings have been brought together in this booklet to give a measure of the man and his message. They touch upon the doctrinal and the experimental, the political and the practical. But above all, Daniel Allen was a truly warm hearted Christian, and this is never more felt than when his writing dwells upon the excellencies of his Lord and Saviour.  Fifth in the series.

‘Discourses on Various Occasions’ Series
John Brine 

Publisher:   CBO Publications
Format:   Booklet, average 25pp
ISBN:  None (No.s 1-4)
List Price:  £1.25 each or £6.00 for the set

‘Christ Alone Exalted’ Series
Tobias Crisp 

Publisher:   CBO Publications
Format:   Booklet, average 70pp
ISBN:    None
List Price:  £ 2.50 each or £19.50 for the set 

Code Title

Code  Title

2646   The Holy Jesus Made Sin: Sinners Made Righteous in Him
2506   Christ's Active Obedience Imputed to His People 
2514   The Chief of Sinners Saved through Jesus Christ
2581   Salvation and Vocation: not according to Works, but Grace
3262   Christ, the Object of God's Eternal Delight: and the Church,  the Object of Christ's Everlasting Delight (ISBN 1 901918 13 0) 

2440    Sermons 1-4
2448   Sermons 5-8
2564   Sermons 9-12
2664   Sermons 13-16
2645   Sermons 17-20
2682   Sermons 21-26
2709   Sermons 27-31
2883   Sermons 32-33 

John Brine (1703-1765) was born in Kettering, and born again under the early ministry of John Gill in that town. He moved to London and became pastor of the Baptist church meeting in Currier's Hall, Cripplegate.  He has always been renowned as a strong High Calvinist, but often compared unfavourably to his contemporary Andrew Fuller.  However his own sermons are an able enough defence of his character and gospel proclamations.

Tobias Crisp (1600-1642) was the Rector of Brinkworth in Wiltshire where the following sermons were preached to a crowded Church. The sermons are taken from the complete works of Tobias Crisp 7th edition, published in 1832, and include explanatory notes by Dr John Gill.  They have a particularly winsome approach about them, and the message is clear - a full gospel for empty sinners.

Publisher:   CBO Publications
Format:   Booklet, 148pp total
Code:   2643
ISBN:  None
List Price:  £5.00

Publisher:   CBO Publications
Format:   Booklet, 31pp
Code:   2515
ISBN:  None
List Price:  £1.50

This treatise is the substance of 11 sermons preached by Gadsby in Manchester.  It is based upon James 1:25, and explains the meaning of the gospel as in every view of it ‘the perfect will of God in Christ Jesus’.  Hence it contains both promise and precept – a message of life to the sinner, and a rule of life to the believer.

Dr John Gill (1697-1771), the famous pastor and Particular Baptist theologian was born at Kettering.  He was converted whilst young, baptised in 1716, and then called to preach shortly afterwards. In 1720 he was inducted as pastor of Goat Yard Chapel in the metropolis, a ministry he occupied until the end of his life.  Perhaps his major work was the Commentary on the Old and New Testaments still in demand today.  Of much smaller dimensions but equally glorious theology, are the 2 sermons in this booklet.  They are taken from his Sermons and Tracts. They were preached in 1762 as part of a series of 8 sermons on the last words of David, recorded in 2 Samuel 23:1-7. 

Publisher:   CBO Publications
Format:   Booklet, 62pp
Code:   2576
ISBN:  None
List Price:  £2.00

Publisher:   CBO Publications
Format:   Booklet, 45pp
Code:   2442
ISBN:  None
List Price:  £2.00

A coal miner for over 50 years, Er Grace (1883-1965) was minister for more than 40 years at Ebenezer Particular Baptist Chapel in the West Yorkshire town of Ossett. These are the only surviving sermons from his years of ministry. Preached in 1963 and 1964 at over 80 years of age when he was physically frail, he often refers to his failing memory and diverts into related subjects. They contain however abundant evidence of his ‘doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, persecutions and afflictions’.

Robert Hawker D.D. (1753-1827) was for 6 years the curate and for 43 years the vicar of Charles, Plymouth.  William Gadsby (1773-1844) was pastor of a Strict Baptist church in Manchester for over 38 years.  William Krause M.A. (1797-1852) was ordained to the curacy of Cavan, Ireland, in 1838, and preached at Bethesda Episcopal Chapel, Dublin for 13 years.  This booklet contains writings, tracts and sermons on the doctrine that the believer's sanctification is not progressive within him, but that it is complete now he is in Christ Jesus.  These 3 witnesses bring a particularly valuable contribution to this matter, as having very different backgrounds but a united voice.

Publisher:   CBO Publications
Format:   Booklet, 39pp
Code:   2952
ISBN:   1 901918 12 2
List Price:  £2.00

Publisher:   CBO Publications
Format:   Booklet, 75pp
Code:   3033
ISBN:   1 901918 11 4
List Price:  £2.50

James Hervey (1713-1758) was born at Hardingstone, near Northampton.  He was ordained in 1736, and had curacies near Basingstoke and at Bideford, before his poor health forced him home in 1743.  This is Dialogue 10 from Theron and Aspasio, a book written in the style of a friendly argument between two friends of these names. They discuss the important doctrine of Christ’s Imputed Righteousness.  This was Hervey’s last work on the theme, and handled with the earnestness of a man on the verge of eternity.  Nevertheless he was harshly criticised by John Wesley for his pains.

John Moore (1662-1726) is a lesser known early Baptist minister.  He was born in Keighley, West Yorkshire, and called to be the first pastor of the Particular Baptist church at Northampton in 1700.  He continued there for 25 years in which time 264 members were added, including the well known writer Anne Dutton.  This rare sermon on Psalm 105:41 was originally called Water out of the rock: or, life and comfort to sinners through the crucifixion of Christ and was preached at Great Wood-House, near Leeds, in 1703.

Publisher:   CBO Publications
Format:   Booklet, average 12pp
ISBN:  None
List Price:  75p each

Publisher:   CBO Publications
Format:   Booklet, average 65pp
Code:    0911
ISBN:  None
List Price:  £2.50 each

Code  Title

Norman Roe has been Pastor of Ebenezer Particular Baptist Chapel, Ossett since 1982. These sermons covering the Epistle to the Galatians were originally preached as a consecutive series at week evening services.  They do not simply serve the function of a commentary, but each sermon is a unit in itself, containing doctrine and application.  These sermon ‘units’ do however have a controlling theme, one which is prominent in the Epistle, and that is on the relation of the believer to the Law in Christian experience and practice.  A correct grasp of this principle is vital to the avoidance of the subtle errors of legalism, which, if unchecked, eat away at the very heart of the gospel itself.
Booklet 1 contains sermons 1-7; Booklet 2 contains sermons 8-14; Booklet 3 contains sermons 15-20; Booklet 4 contains sermons 21-26.
Sermon 7 is also available as a separate booklet entitled ‘Christian Liberty’ (see below).

3786   King Solomon Made Himself a Chariot (S of S 3:9-10)
3806   Blotting Out the Handwriting (Colossians 2:14)
3811    He Hath Made Him to Be Sin For Us (2 Corinthians 5:21)
3847    Onesiphorus (2 Timothy 1:16-18)
3873    Thy Love and Faith (Philemon 4-6)
3874   For Love’s Sake (Philemon 8-9)
3887   What Doth Hinder Me To Be Baptised? (Acts 8:36-37)

Publisher:  CBO Publications
Format:  Booklet, 10pp
Code:    0911
ISBN:  None
List Price:  75p

Publisher:   CBO Publications
Format:   Booklet, 27pp
Code:   2441
ISBN:  None
List Price:  £1.50

Perhaps best known for his famous Life, Walk & Triumph of Faith, William Romaine (1714-1795) came from a refugee Huguenot family and was born at Hartlepool. He was ordained in the Church of England, but not until 30 years old was he truly converted. Thenceforward he exercised a discriminating ministry, not ashamed of the ‘foolishness’ of the gospel of Christ amongst the rich and famous who gathered at St Dunstan's Church, Fleet Street in London.  The 2 sermons here are on the foundational matter of Imputation in relation to the Atonement, taken from Isaiah 45:8. They were preached before the University of Oxford in 1757 and resulted in him being banned from the pulpit there!

'He is all my salvation. What would it have been to David if that little word my were left out? if he could only have said, He is all salvation. But this was his peculiar support and happiness, that he could add, He is all my salvation, and all my desire...' 
John Gill, sample from 'The Covenant of Grace...'

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Publisher:   CBO Publications
Format:   Booklet,150 pp total
Code:   2486
ISBN:  None
List Price:  £5.00

Publisher:   CBO Publications
Format:   Booklet, 56pp
Code:   2523
ISBN:  None
List Price:  £2.50

John Foreman (1792-1872) was pastor of a Strict and Particular Baptist church at Hill Street, Marylebone, London for over 40 years.  By the time he died its membership had risen from 36 to 473, and there was a congregation of up to 800 people.  He strongly opposed what he termed the ‘duty faith scheme’, as it makes salvation depend on the exercise of faith as a moral duty, and destroys the character of the gospel scheme of God’s free favour.  Volume 1 comprises of Duty Faith in connection with consideration of the Covenants, Gospel Invitations, and Particular Redemption.  Volume 2 examines various texts often used to support Duty Faith. 

William Gadsby (1773-1844) was baptised in 1793. God marked him out for the ministry early on, and in 1805 he was called to Manchester, where he pastored the Particular Baptist church (later at Rochdale Road) until his death.  In this booklet Gadsby analyses and remarks upon a letter written by ’Gaius’ (evidently a pen name for Andrew Fuller), which appeared in the Evangelical Magazine for December 1804.  The letter gives reasons for believing the moral law as the rule of conduct for believers, and Gadsby’s article refutes them.  To it are added his letters on the same subject to Mr Upton, and part of his children's catechism.

Publisher:   CBO Publications
Format:   Booklet, 62pp
Code:   2571
ISBN:  None
List Price:  £2.50

Publisher:   CBO Publications
Format:   Tract, 8pp
Code:   3263
ISBN:  None
List Price:  50p

Gadsby subtitled this piece ‘What are the people miscalled Antinomians?’ In the form of an imaginary dialogue between friends, he expresses his unease at the prevailing attitude to the gospel, so as to rob it of its ‘offence’.  He also defends those who are dismissed as antinomians for boldly standing out in proclaiming the ‘hard sayings’ of a sovereign grace gospel. 

A small tract comprising of a letter by Gadsby taken from his work The Present State of Religion.  He sets out 13 questions for those that believe that the Law is the believer’s rule of life.

'We know nothing of inviting the unborn to effect their own birth, and we know nothing of duties devolving on the unborn, as relating to an after-birth life; and we know nothing of children remaining in the womb to die and rot, because they do not produce their own birth as a matter and course of duty; and yet duty faith and universal invitations, with their awful penalties, amount to all this to the soul, in regard to that spiritual birth which must take place for the soul to enter the kingdom of heaven; and which, by our Lord's double verily, must be wrought of God himself.'
John Foreman, sample from 'Duty Faith' vol 1

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Publisher:   CBO Publications
Format:   Tract, average 10pp
Code:   3263
ISBN:  None
List Price:  25p each

No. 

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Nothing To Pay
Another Gospel
Who Began
God’s Power
Limited Love
Law & Gospel
In or Out
A Natural Question
Contentment
Natural Faith - Spiritual Faith
Modern Revivalism
Sympathy
Faith and Fears
Our Righteousness
For Everyone

Alicia Bonne Hoblyn (1813-1896) was the youngest daughter of a Dublin family which numbered 18 children! After moving to England, and  settling at Bath, she was blessed under the ministry of Rev. Wallinger at St. Michael's Church.  She was a great letter writer, and also produced a series of 150 tracts entitled Tracts for the People.  A small selection of these have been reprinted in a handy size with brightly coloured limp covers, and are representative of her sound doctrine and clear style.

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Harvest of the Years
Norman Perry 

Publisher:   CBO Publications
Format:   Paperback, 72pp
Code:   2625
ISBN:  0 904435 73 3
List Price:  £ 4.99

Creation in Six Days
J W Milner 

Publisher:   CBO Publications
Format:   Booklet,16pp
Code:   3354
ISBN:  None
List Price:  50p

Norman Perry (1909-2004 ) wrote various books, hymns and poetry in his spare time between ministerial labours.  In this selection his keenness for a wider appreciation of the verse form in teaching is displayed.  He begins with a humorous ‘apology’ for this, and then follows with sufficient poems to fill each week of the year.  The book is beautifully presented with many black & white and colour photos.

This booklet comprises of a lecture given by Dr J W Milner BSc PhD, at a Trinitarian Bible Society meeting at Leicester in 1969. In it he shows that to try to hold the teaching of evolutionary science, and yet to believe that the Bible is God’s infallible Word is an untenable position.

Publisher:   CBO Publications
Format:   Booklet, 35pp
Code:   2590
ISBN:  None
List Price:  £ 1.50

 As soon as a man believes in Christ, down goes the esteem of the world, and all worldly things whatsoever, because he sees a higher excellency in Christ.

 Richard Sibbes, sample from 'Quotations'

Richard Sibbes (1577-1635), otherwise known as the 'heavenly Doctor Sibbes', was extremely hardworking and despite great poverty eventually got to St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated BD in 1610.  Before this time he had begun to preach, and his puritan convictions soon brought upon him opposition. He never separated from the Established Church, despite the turbulent times through which he lived.  His ministry was gracious and he had a particularly pithy turn of phrase, as displayed by these choice quotes.

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Publisher:   CBO Publications
Format:   Double-sided stiff cardboard back (similar to above),   with daily tear off block attached (actual size sample shown below)
Code:  AV2007
ISBN:  None
List Price:  £ 6.95 

This popular calendar continues to be the only block calendar with nothing but Authorised Version texts (KJV). There are no added extras, just the pure Word of God.  The block has a large clear typeface, which makes it ideal for anyone with poor vision. A sample is shown. The block has screws inserted, and may be attached to the back on either side to suit. The calendar comes complete with a hanger ribbon

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