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“God did not elect me as a helper, nor create me, nor redeem me, nor convert me, by way of helping me: for he alone did all, and he had no use at all for me.”  John Donne (1572-1631)

“We see then that faith depends upon God’s election or else we must make S. Paul a liar.  And so, as touching the first point, you see that all such as cannot abide to have predestination plainly and openly spoken … Continue reading →

“Self-Control!—This cannot be acquired in an instant…to possess it because we have learned to hand it over to Jesus Christ; to be self-controlled because we are Christ-controlled—this does not come easily or at once.  Only through long years of temptation … Continue reading →

“Those, in every age have sunk deepest into folly, who have relied most on their own understanding.”  Charles Hodge  (1794-1878)

“There is neither grace nor peace for man, except through Christ.”  Joseph Augustus Seiss  (1823-1904)

“Bent upon compassing a particular object, we run recklessly forward, thinking that, as the object is right, anything that can contribute towards the securing of it cannot be wrong.”  Horatius Bonar  (1808-1890)

Therefore it is impossible for men to think properly about God, speak about Him, or worship Him, without the Word of God.”  Martin Luther (1483-1546)

“Whatever our knowledge of the word of God, certain it is that our hearts will never burn within us, till Jesus himself open to us the Scriptures.  None other can expound to us in all this Song the things concerning … Continue reading →

“For the fact of my relationship to Him as my Lord is not my work, nor of my choosing.  It is of grace, of sovereign grace, and absolutely of grace only.  It is a relationship that is rooted in eternity, … Continue reading →

“Our loins were before ‘filled with pain’ (Isaiah 21:3), because sin’s ‘loathsome disease’ spread  through them (Psalm 38:3); therefore now we consecrate their strength, using it all for Him, ‘the effectual working of whose power’ has set us free.  Yea, … Continue reading →