What is Jordan that I should wash in it What is the preaching that I should attend on it, while I hear nothing but what I knew before What are these beggarly elements of water, bread, and wine Are not these the reasonings of a soul that forgets who appoints the means of grace
Humility is a necessary veil to all other graces
humility
God's wounds cure, sin's kisses kill
religion
The soldier is summoned to a life of active duty and so is the Christian.
duty tso-life
In heaven we shall appear, not in armour, but in robes of glory. But here these are to be worn night and day; we must walk, work, and sleep in them, or else we are not true soldiers of Christ.
glory sleep work
Can Christ be in thy heart, and thou not know it? Can one king be dethroned and another crowned in thy soul, and thou hear no scuffle?
God Himself underwrites your battle and has appointed His own Son the captain of your salvation.
Mercy should make us ashamed, wrath afraid to sin
Never was a faithful prayer lost. Some prayers have a longer voyage than others, but then they return with their richer lading at last, so that the praying soul is a gainer by waiting for an answer.
Compare Scripture with Scripture. False doctrines, like false witnesses, agree not among themselves.
Great comforts do, indeed, bear witness to the truth of thy grace, but not to the degree of it; the weak child is oftener in the lap than the strong one.
grace truth
We fear men so much, because we fear God so little.
christian-living fear theology
Many lose heaven because they are ashamed to go in a fool's coat thither.
heaven reputation
Above all sins, guard against bold or arrogant ones. You are not beyond the danger of such. If caught in the web of presumptuous sin, call quickly to God for help. If you hesitate, you only give Satan time to entangle you more tightly. But if you cry out to God in true repentance, He will come at once to rescue you. The sooner you yield to the Spirit, the less damage is done to your soul.
sin
Justifying faith is not a naked assent to the truths of the gospel.
faith truth