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“The descriptions of God help us to form right thoughts of him, and the promise, to fasten upon him by a sure trust.”  Thomas Manton (1620-1677)

“Reader, do you seriously believe, that Jesus thus humbled Himself even for you?  If you do, you cannot but feel, that no debt can be like your debt; and that, as heaven is high above the earth, so great is … Continue reading →

God’s Providence:  “This is an important branch of practical religion; and to the neglect of its due cultivation may be imputed much of that darkness and distress of mind which is felt under afflictive dispensations.  The possession of this knowledge … Continue reading →

“To know that God exists does not determine how he is to be worshipped.”  James Madison Pendleton  (1811-1891)

“The Bible answers every question concerning the eternal welfare of the human soul.”  Claude Duval Cole  (1885-1968)

“Those who can suppose that by formal obedience to definite precepts they fulfil the will of God and do all that is required of them, do not know the barest elements of what is required for admission into the Kingdom.”  … Continue reading →

“IN HIS WORD, on the ground of His promises I have claimed that mercy, and now my soul ‘is unto the Lord,’ that I may ever find fresh mercy, and grace for all my need.  This waiting, hoping attitude is … Continue reading →

 “With the growth in goodness grows the sense of sin.  One law fulfilled shows a thousand neglected.  Moral advancement, as a natural consequence, destroys the sense of merit, and produces that of sin.”  (Moztley)

“Desires, though they be weak, are, notwithstanding, true desires, if they be the desires of the righteous thus described, and therefore are truly good according to our text. (Ps.119:131.”)  John Bunyan (1628-1688)

“The doleful anguish and excruciating death of the Lamb of God are comments on the evil and demerit of sin, which the penitent reads with deep attention.”  John Colquhoun  (1748-1827)