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“Law is mind without passion; and it is better to have a code of laws, however bad, than to have none but the will of a man.” Thomas McCrie (1772-1835)

“The decrees of God may be defined as that just, wise, and holy purpose or plan by which eternally, and within himself, he determines all things whatsoever that come to pass.” James Petigru Boyce (1827-1888)

“We hear much of what man does, and can do, and ought to do, but by no means so much of what God is doing, and has purposed to do. Man’s agency stands very prominently to our view,–God’s arm and … Continue reading →

“’to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed’.  He here states a double boon, that the gifts are ‘sure,’ and that they are sure ‘to all the seed’.” Chrysostom (347-402)

“His choice is not determined by the merit of man’s works, but by His own free and undeserved mercy, for it is proved by His words to Moses and to Pharaoh that “on whom he will, he hath mercy, and … Continue reading →

“When a man hath laid forth his desires, and poured out his heart before God, he should quiet himself, and cast himself with his burden upon the Lord; for here the poor committeth himself to God.´ David Dickson (1583-1662)

“The heart hungering and thirsting for righteousness, does not rest satisfied with the stalk and husks, but is anxious for the luscious kernel, of these fruits of eternal life.” George Burrowes (1811-1894)

“The Holy Spirit has to shine in our hearts (not intellects) to give us “the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ” (2 Cor.4:6). But even that spiritual knowledge is fragmentary. The regenerated soul has … Continue reading →

“Let your outward actions be not something put on, but something produced—“fruits;” and fruits springing from inward repentance.” David Thomas (1813-1894)

“All blessings from God are fruits of sovereign grace.” William H. Van Doren (1810-1882)