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• I will not judge a person to be spiritually dead whom I have judged formerly to have had spiritual life, though I see him at… All
• He that hath slight thoughts of sin never had great thoughts of God. Funny
• If our principal treasure be as we profess, in things spiritual and heavenly, and woe unto us if it be not so! on them will… Affection
• There is no death of sin without the death of Christ. Christ
• The house built on the sand may oftentimes be built higher, have more fair parapets and battlements, windows and ornaments, than that which is built… All
• A man may be carried on in a constant course of mortification all his days; and yet perhaps never enjoy a good day of peace… All
• It must be observed, that the best of men, the most holy and spiritually minded, may have, nay, ought to have, their thoughts of spiritual… Best
• That wisdom which cannot teach me that God is love, shall ever pass for folly. Cannot Teach
• Sin aims always at the utmost; every time it rises up to tempt or entice, if it has its own way it will go out… Adultery
• Let our hearts admit, “I am poor and weak. Satan is too subtle, too cunning, too powerful; he watches constantly for advantages over my soul.… Admit
• Temptation is like a knife, that may either cut the meat or the throat of a man; it may be his food or his poison,… Cut
• You have your season, and you have but your season; neither can you lie down in peace, until you have some persuasion that your work… Down
• Faith, if it be a living faith, will be a working faith. Faith
• There is a state of perfect peace with God which can be attained under imperfect obedience. Attained
• Because he is; that is, because he is an infinitely glorious, good, wise, holy, powerful, righteous, self-subsisting , self-sufficient , and all-sufficient being; the fountain… Admire
• Christ is the meat, the bread, the food of our souls. Nothing is in him of a higher spiritual nourishment than his love, which we… Always Desire
• All that may be known of God for our salvation, especially his wisdom, love, goodness, grace and mercy on which the life of our souls… All
• Fill your affections with the cross of Christ that there may be no room for sin. Affection
• Unless we are thoroughly convinced that without Christ we are under the eternal curse of God, as the worst of His enemies, we shall never… Christ
• The more I see of the glory of Christ, the more the painted beauties of this world will wither in my eyes. Beauties
• The duties God requires of us are not in proportion to the strength we possess in ourselves. Rather, they are proportional to the resources available… Ability
• Be killing sin or it will be killing you. Inspirational
• Then are we servants of God, then are we the disciples of Christ, when we do what is commanded us and because it is commanded… Christ
• Let no man pretend to fear sin that does not fear temptation also! These two are too closely united to be separated. He does not… Closely
• The custom of sinning takes away the sense of it, the course of the world takes away the shame of it. Course

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