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“What comfort ought this to afford under every condition!  For the Lord Jesus goes before us through the desert.  He is touched with the feeling of our infirmities.”  Ridley H. Herschell  (1807-1864)

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

“The children of God make more of a promise than others do; and that upon a double account: partly, because they value the blessing promised; partly, because they are satisfied with the assurance given by God’s word; so that, whereas … Continue reading →

“Private self-love seems to be the root of depravity; the grand succedaneum in human affection to the love of God and man.  Self-admiration, self-will, and self-righteousness are but different modifications of it.  Where this prevails, the creature assumes the place … Continue reading →

“If convictions begin to work, instantly yield to their influence.  If any worldly or sinful desire is touched, let this be the moment for its crucifixion.”  Charles Bridges  (1794-1869)

“Prayer is nothing but the promise reversed, or God’s word formed into an argument, and retorted by faith upon God again.”  William Gurnall (1617-1679)

The soul is the theater where moral actions, both good and bad, are performed.  ”As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.´ What we will, that we morally do.  This doctrine suggests, that the world is really worse … Continue reading →

“For those who think they are perfect, and have the consummation of knowledge, disdain instruction is superfluous and unprofitable.”  John Daille  (1594-1670)

“It will be our sin and shame if we do not bear up with patience and silence under all our sufferings, considering what an admirable copy Christ hath set before us.”  Thomas Brooks (1608-1680)

Our devotion to a tradition is wholesome only when we recognize in that tradition, not the authority of the fathers, but the authority of God’s Word.  (John Murray; 1898-1975)