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“We could not but be cast down except that some Shield, far stronger than our own struggles or our own resolves, were cast around us.  And where can we find this shelter, but in Jesus?”  (Henry Law 1797-1884)

“The administrations of God are not according to the sad surmises of his people’s misgiving hearts.”  Simeon Ash  (1647)

“The wicked are all so to speak human abortions; they are and forever remain defective beings, who have not accomplished the great purpose of their existence.”  ( O. Prescott Hiller)

“The man who trembles before the high and lofty One that inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, the man who knows the depth of his own sin, will detect a moral incongruity in the teaching that One so holy should … Continue reading →

“Corrupt nature neither can nor will contribute anything to destroy its own corruptions.”  (Christopher Ness 1621-1705)

“Certainly virtue is like precious odors—most fragrant when they are crushed;  for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue,”  (Francis Bacon  1561-1626)

“He who would save by taking your place must be one who not only bears for you the penal death but brings in for you a justifying righteousness.  Such a Saviour is Christ, the risen Lord.  And he is so … Continue reading →

“It is true of the elect, that they cannot be totally and finally deceived and perish.”  John Gill  (1697-1771)

“The government of the tongue is a task so difficult, that he who has grace to accomplish it, has grace to accomplish anything.”  (Robert Johnstone  1871)

“Sanctification implies a more and more vigorous faith in the salvation of Christ.”  (Edward Henry Bickersteth 1825-1906)