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“When we are under such afflictions as threaten to ruin us, ‘tis seasonable to tell the Lord he made us.”  Joseph Cary (1602-1673)

“What God foreknows must, in the very nature of the case, be as fixed and certain as what is foreordained; and if one is inconsistent with the free agency of man, the other is also.  Foreordination renders the events certain, … Continue reading →

The very essence of truth is plainness and brightness; the darkness and crookedness are our own.  (Milton; 1608-1674)

“Iniquity of imagination—does not fancy sometime bring before your scenes of sensuality in which your carnal nature is vile enough to revel?  Iniquity of memory—does not memory sometimes bring back sins you formerly committed, and your evil nature is perhaps … Continue reading →

“Grace does not save by giving us ordinances to observe.  The ordinances or ceremonies of Christ are for those already saved.”  Claude Duval Cole  (1608-1688)

A defect in the intellectual or spiritual man is at the root of all this error.  The defect is not in the pages of inspiration, but in the human heart.  (George Burrows, 1803-1881)

“Though he does not presently ease us of our smartness or gratify our desires, yet we are to wait upon God.  In time, we shall have a good answer.  God’s delays are not denials.”  Thomas Manton  (1620-1677)

“Though God does not presently ease us of our smarts or gratify our desires, yet we are to wait upon God.  In time, we shall have a good answer.  God’s delays are not denials.”  Thomas Manton  (1620-1677)

When God, by His Word, gives us reason to expect any extraordinary events, it would be a mark of stupidity to be inattentive to the voice of the great Ruler of heaven and earth.  His works and His words reflect … Continue reading →

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