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“Grace is that which God implants in the heart against great opposition of enemies, great opposition from the corruption of the heart, and from Satan and the world.”  Jonathan Edwards  (1703-1758)

“True repentance, which is an evangelical contrition of heart and a fixed resolution of spirit to turn from all sin to God, is wrought in the soul by the Spirit of Christ.”  John Colquhoun  (1748-1827)

“Prayer keeps the heart open to God, and shut to sin; it assuages the intemperate hearts and swelling of lust.”  Thomas Watson  (1620-1686)

“Have respect unto the covenant.”   Those persons and preachers who decline to think and speak of gospel mercies and free salvation as secured by covenant, deprive themselves and others of much of the blessed comforts of God’s word.”  William S. … Continue reading →

“Let us, therefore, learn from this place to be more anxious about what may happen to the name of God through us, than to our own; whether it be through us in doing, or in us in suffering.”  Wolfgang Musculus … Continue reading →

“Upon all this, the love, grace, and mercy of God, the good-will and purpose of His heart, His council and covenant, the plot of man’s redemption is formed; this is the source and spring of it.”  John Gill  (1697-1771)

“The might of the enemy against us is second only to the power of God.  He is more powerful than any man who has ever lived; and the saints of the Old Testament went down before him.  He tempted and … Continue reading →

“For if a man is to be free from discontent and worry it is not enough merely not to murmur but you must be active in sanctifying God’s name in the affliction.”  Jeremiah Burroughs (1599-1646)

“For if our faith should depend upon ourselves, surely it would soon flip from us, and it might be shaken off, if it were not maintained from above. “  John Calvin  (1509-1564)

“Rather than give way to doubt and unbelief, let us fall down in lowly adoration at his feet, take His truth, and rejoice in Him as our hope and our everlasting consolation.”  Joseph Augustus Seiss  (1823-1904)