No heart can conceive that tre...

No heart can conceive that treasury of mercies which lies in this one privilege, in having liberty and ability to approach unto God at all times, according to his mind and will.

It is a throne of grace that G...

It is a throne of grace that God in Christ is represented to us upon; but yet is is a throne still whereon majesty and glory do reside, and God is always to be considered by us as on a throne.

Christ did not die for any upo...

Christ did not die for any upon condition, if they do believe; but He died for all God's elect, that they should believe.

Whatever vices and corruptions...

Whatever vices and corruptions men see in the lives of their ministers will not be attributed to the depravity of their old nature which still abides in them, but to the gospel.

Selfishness is the making a ma...

Selfishness is the making a man's self his own centre, the beginning and end of all he doeth.

If a man teach uprightly and w...

If a man teach uprightly and walk crookedly, more will fall down in the night of his life than he built in the day of his doctrine.

Christ's blood is the great so...

Christ's blood is the great sovereign remedy for sin-sick souls.

To believe that He will preser...

To believe that He will preserve us is, indeed, a means of preservation. God will certainly preserve us, and make a way of escape for us out of the temptation, should we fall. We are to pray for what God has already promised. Our requests are to be regulated by His promises and commands. Faith embraces the promises and so finds relief.

The person who understands the...

The person who understands the evil in his own heart is the only person who is useful, fruitful, and solid in his beliefs and obedience. Others only delude themselves and thus upset families, churches, and all other relationships. In their self-pride and judgment of others, they show great inconsistency.

Sin is never less quiet than w...

Sin is never less quiet than when it seems to be most quiet.

It is the Spirit alone that ca...

It is the Spirit alone that can mortify sin; he is promised to do it, and all other means without him are empty and vain. How shall he, then, mortify sin that has not the Spirit? A man may easier see without eyes, speak without a tongue, than truly mortify one sin without the Spirit.

For to pretend that men may li...

For to pretend that men may live habitually sinful lives without any attempt by the Spirit to mortify sin in them, nor with any desire for repentance, is to deny the Christian religion.

Men think all things would be ...

Men think all things would be very glorious, it they might be done according their mind. Perhaps, indeed, they would-but with their glory, not the glory of God.

Ignorance of God and of oursel...

Ignorance of God and of ourselves is the great principle and cause of all our disquietments; and, this ariseth mostly not from want of light and instruction, but for want of consideration and application.

If the Word does not dwell wit...

If the Word does not dwell with power in us, it will not pass with power from us.

Satan's greatest success is in...

Satan's greatest success is in making people think they have plenty of time before they die to consider their eternal welfare.

I wish thy lot, now bad, still...

I wish thy lot, now bad, still worse, my friend, for when at worst, they say, things always mend.

Meditate on the Word in the Wo...

Meditate on the Word in the Word.

There are two things that are ...

There are two things that are suited to humble the souls of men, and they are, first, a due consideration of God, and then of themselves - of God, in His greatness, glory, holiness, power, majesty, and authority; of ourselves, in our mean, abject, and sinful condition.

Christ greatly delights in

Christ greatly delights in
his people and they greatly
delight in him

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