Monthly Archives: June 2011

“Man’s free will, or natural power, is quite dead in the matter of regeneration; its utmost endeavours can contribute nothing to this work.”  George Hutcheson (1615–1674)

“Oftentimes the soul seems lost for awhile in thoughts which overwhelm it, it loses its foothold, it tumbles about helplessly amid the deep waters of affliction.  It seems as if all were over.  Do not believe it.”  E. De Pressense  … Continue reading →

“When we are under such afflictions as threaten to ruin us, ‘tis seasonable to tell the Lord he made us.”  Joseph Cary

“He shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.”  “What! All?  Yes.  Not one left?  No, not a trace, not a shade, not the shadow of a shade; all buried, all gone, all swallowed up, all blotted out, all freely pardoned, … Continue reading →

“Therefore, mark not anything in me, O God, that I have done, but mark that only in me which thou hast done thyself.”  Sir Richard Baker (1568-1645)

“True, he is always listening and waiting for his children’s ‘cry,’—far more prepared to answer, that we are to ask’”  James Vaughan

“The Holy Ghost layeth out here two opposite passions most plainly—fear, in respect of evil-deserving sin, and hope, in regard of undeserved mercies” (Psalm 130).  Alexander Roberts  (1610)

“In thy agony of a troubled conscience, always look upwards unto a gracious God to keep thy soul steady;  for looking downward on thyself thou shalt find nothing but what will increase thy fear, infinite sins, good deeds few, and … Continue reading →

“Weakness, poverty, and imperfection reside here; heaven is the habitation of glory and felicity.”  John Daille  (1594-1670)

“It is the watchful heart that discovers and suppresses the temptation before it comes to its strength.”  John Flavel (1628-1691)