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The damned shall live as long in hell as God himself shall live in heaven.
Holiness is nothing but the implanting, writing and living out the gospel in our souls
Pirates do not use to set upon poor empty vessels; and beggars need not fear the thief. Those that have most of God, and are most rich in grace— shall be most assaulted by Satan, who is the greatest and craftiest pirate in the world.
Oh, then be ashamed, Christians, that worldlings are more studious and industrious to make sure of pebbles, than you are to make sure of pearls.
For a close, remember this, that your life is short, your duties many, your assistance great, and your reward sure; therefore faint not, hold on and hold up, in ways of well-doing, and heaven shall make amends for all!Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices
A family without prayer is like a house without a roof, open and exposed to all the storms of heaven.
There are none that walk so close with God all the six days, as those that keep closest to God on the seventh day.
No man can expect to be an heir of heaven that is not first a saint on earth.
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There are many now in hell who have had a great confidence of going to heaven.
God will have nothing to do with proud persons, he will never dwell with them, he will never keep house with them.
He that dwells in the highest heavens, will never dwell in a haughty heart.
Sin always dies most where faith lives most. The most believing soul is the most mortified soul.
The least sin is contrary to the law of God, the nature of God, the being of God, and the glory of God
Sin so bewitches the soul, that it makes the soul call evil good, and good evil; bitter sweet and sweet bitter, light darkness and darkness light
The main reason why men dote upon the world, and damn their souls to get the world, is, because they are not acquainted with a greater glory!Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices
Afflictions are God's furnace, by which he cleanses his people from their dross. Affliction is a fire to purge out our dross, and to make virtue shine. Afflictions are medicines which heal soul diseases, better than all the remedies of physicians.Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices
The command of God that we should be holy is not to be considered only as an effect of power and authority, which we must submit unto, but as a fruit of infinite wisdom and goodness also, which it is our highest advantage and interest to comply with.https://ccel.org/ccel/owen/pneum/pneum.i.ix.iii.html
It is dangerous to be more notion than motion; to have faith in the head and none in the heart; to have an idle and not an active faith.
As ever you would enjoy the gracious presence of the Lord, take heed of a lazy, slothful, sluggish spirit in the things of God, in the concernment of your souls.
Many a husband hath been won to Christ by the holy life of the wife; and many a wife hath been won to Christ by the holy life of the husband.
It is God alone that makes heaven to be heaven.
True repentance is a turning, not from some sin, but from every sin.
Christ hath made an infinite satisfaction in a finite time, by undergoing that fierce battle with the wrath of God, and getting the victory in a few hours, which is equivalent to the creatures bearing it and grappling with it everlastingly.Works
Christ, the Scripture, your own hearts and Satan's devices, are the four prime things that should be first and most studied and searched.Works
Forgiveness makes not a Christian bold with sin, but fearful of sin, and careful to obey, as Christians find in their daily experience.Works of Thomas Brooks (5)
It is easier for the bad to corrupt the good, than for the good to convert the bad; it is easier to run down the hill with company, than to run up the hill alone.
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