The Kayelton Group

“Consider what a great mercy it is to have a little grace, though it be but a little; for though you have never so little grace, you have communion with the Father, you have your own nature taken away, and become partaker of the divine nature; you have a right and title unto all the promises; yea, unto all the ordinances; yea, unto all things.”(William Bridge 1648)

“As every grace increases by exercise of itself, so does the grace of prayer.  By prayer, we learn to pray.”  (Barton Bouchier; 1794-1865)

“When sin would tempt and solicit indulgence, when the world presents some new allurement, when Satan would take advantage of constitution, society, or circumstances, may ever remember ‘Thou art near.’”  (James Harrington  1785-1849)

“To be discontented in any afflicted condition is sinful and evil. But to be discontented when we are in the mist of God’s mercies, when we are not able to count the mercies of God, still to be discontented because we have not got all we would have, this is a greater evil.”  (Jeremiah Burroughs; 1600-1646)

“When self-admiring thoughts arise in the Christian’s breast, it stops them short with needful and sharp rebuke; “Who maketh thee to differ?  and what hast thou that thou didst not receive?  Now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it?”  (Abraham Booth  1734-1806)

“One does not measure the straightness of a stick by a crooked stick.”  (Joseph Caryl; 1602-1673)

“Departure from God’s Word is the beginning of all moral disorders.”  (H. C. Leupold; 1891-1972)

“If we truly believe the promises, then we also love the commandments; otherwise faith is vain; a care to live a godly life nourishes faith in God’s promises.”  (Richard Greenham; 1535-1594)

“Let us frame believing, humble resolutions in the strength of God’s grace with a fear for ourselves but a confidence in God.”  (Stephen Charnock; 1628-1680)

“Get your heart possessed with deep, strong and powerful apprehensions and impressions of God’s holiness, majesty, omnipresence and omniscience.”  (Thomas Goodwin; 1600-1679)