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“O let us never forget, that the wonderful things contained in the divine law can neither be discovered nor relished by the ‘natural man,’ whose powers of perception and enjoyment are limited in their range to the objects of time … Continue reading →

“There are so many vices and imperfections in our nature, and we are so feeble and weak that we have great need daily to pray unto him, yea, and that more and more, that he will not suffer us to … Continue reading →

“You must go to God and beseech him to choose your company for you.”  (William Bridge; 1600-1671)

“When a father disowns and banishes a child, he corrects him no more.  So God may let one whom he intends to destroy go unchastened; but never one with whom he is in covenant.”  (William S. Plumer; 1802-1880)

“A rich man, who is able to despise in himself whatever there is in him by which pride can be puffed up, is God’s poor man . . . Such men “confess their poverty with as great humility of spirit, … Continue reading →

“The sacred Scriptures are the treasures and pleasures of a gracious soul . . . A mountain of transparent pearls, heaped as high as heaven, is not so rich in treasure as these.”  (Oliver Heywood; 1630-1702)

“Sin is pleasant, but unprofitable; and sorrow is profitable, but unpleasant.”  (William Secker; 1681)

“The loss of self is a happy loss; God’s Spirit breaks down our pride and self-esteem in order to build us up in Christ.”  (Frans Bakker; 1919-1965)

“Nothing is more forcible to obtain mercy than to lay God’s former mercies before him.”  (Richard Greenham; 1537-1594)

“How well would it be for the world if the great potentates of the earth would thus think, speak, and do, ‘I am a companion of all that fear thee.”  (Thomas Manton; 1620-1677)