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• It is evident that you contend against sin merely because of how it troubles you. Contend
• He, then, that would mortify any disquieting lust: let him take care to be equally diligent in all parts of obedience, and know that every… All
• As a tender and loving friend is grieved at the unkindness of his friend... so is it with this tender and loving Spirit, who hath… Chosen
• Christ by his death destroying the works of the devil, procuring the Spirit for us, hath so killed sin, as to its reign in believers,… Believer
• In this would I live; in this would I die; upon this would I dwell in my thoughts and affections, to the withering and consumption… Affection
• Consider who and what you are; who the Spirit is that is grieved, what he has done for you, what he comes to your soul… All
• What then is holiness? Holiness is nothing but the implanting, writing and living out of the gospel in our souls (Eph 4:24). Gospel
• The growth of trees and plants takes place so slowly that it is not easily seen. Daily we notice little change. But, in course of… Amazing
• Great winds and storms help fruit-bearing trees. So also do corruptions and temptations help the fruitfulness of grace and holiness. The storm loosens the earth… Abasement
• Though we are commanded to 'wash ourselves', to 'cleanse ourselves from sins', to 'purge ourselves from all our iniquities', yet to imagine that we can… All
• Never was sin seen to be more abominably sinful and full of provocation than when the burden of it was upon the shoulders of the… Abominably
• ...but let it suffice us to know that it became God, who is the supreme Ruler, Governor and Judge of all that sin should be… All
• The vigour, and power, and comfort of our spiritual life depends on the mortification of the deeds of the flesh...The choicest believers, who are assuredly… All
• He that loves works out good to those that he loves, as he is able. God's power and will are equal; what He wills He… Able
• We are taught in an especial manner to pray that God would give his Holy Spirit unto us, that through his aid and assistance we… Aid
• It is not the glorious battlements, the painted windows, the crouching gargoyles that support a building, but the stones that lie unseen in or upon… Battlements
• The most tremendous judgment of God in this world is the hardening of the hearts of men. Christianity
• Let no man think to kill sin with few, easy, or gentle strokes. He who hath once smitten a serpent, if he follow not on… Began
• It is truth alone that capacitates any soul to glorify God. Alone
• Faith is the leading grace in all our spiritual warfare and conflict; but all along, while we live, it hath faithful company that adheres to… Adheres

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