The Kayelton Group

“Therefore, mark not anything in me, O God, that I have done, but mark that only in me which thou hast done thyself.”  Sir Richard Baker (1568-1645)

“True, he is always listening and waiting for his children’s ‘cry,’—far more prepared to answer, that we are to ask’”  James Vaughan

“The Holy Ghost layeth out here two opposite passions most plainly—fear, in respect of evil-deserving sin, and hope, in regard of undeserved mercies” (Psalm 130).  Alexander Roberts  (1610)

“In thy agony of a troubled conscience, always look upwards unto a gracious God to keep thy soul steady;  for looking downward on thyself thou shalt find nothing but what will increase thy fear, infinite sins, good deeds few, and imperfect: it is not thy faith, but God’s faithfulness thou must rely upon; casting thine eyes downwards on thyself, to behold the great distance betwixt what thou deserves and what thou desirest, is enough to make thee giddy, stagger, and reel into despair.”  Thomas Fuller  (1608-1661)

“Weakness, poverty, and imperfection reside here; heaven is the habitation of glory and felicity.”  John Daille  (1594-1670)

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

“And because God is thus infinite His plan must extend to every detail of the world’s existence.  If we could see the world in all its relations, past, present, and future, we would see that it is following a predetermined course with exact precision.”  Loraine Boettner (1901-1990)

“It is a common temptation, when trouble lasts long, to think it will last always; despondency then turns into despair, and those that have long been without joy, begin, at last, to be without hope.”  Matthew Henry (1662-1714)

“For Christ in his death and resurrection representeth me.”  John Bunyan (1628-1688)

“Grace to pray, and the fixing of the heart in prayer on the Lord, is his gift, no less than the answer of the prayer: and where the Lord giveth the one grace, he will also give the other: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear.”David Dickson  (1583-1662)