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God is as just as He is merciful.
God's hearing of our prayers does not depend upon sanctifi- cation, but upon Christ's intercession; not upon what we are in ourselves, but what we are in the Lord Jesus; both our persons and our prayers are accepted in the Beloved.
You are wise, and know how to apply it.
Assurance is a jewel worth waiting for.
"What is honor, and riches, and the favor of creatures - so long as I lack the favor of God, the pardon of my sins, a saving interest in Christ, and the hope of glory! O Lord, give me these, or I die! Give me these, or else I shall eternally die!"
Those who live as the many, must die with the many, and go to hell with the many. The way to hell is broad and well beaten. The way to be undone forever is to do as the most do.
Ah, souls, you can easily sin as the saints—but can you repent with the saints? Many can sin with David and Peter, that cannot repent with David and Peter—and so must perish forever! (page 27)
The first great work that men are to attend in this world is the eternal safety and security of their souls; the next great work is to know, to be assured, that it shall go well with their souls forever.
Assurance makes most for your comfort, but holiness makes most for God's honor...Assurance is the daughter of holiness...The surest and shortest way to assurance is to wrestle and contend with God for holiness...
The more the soul is conformed to Christ, the more confident it will be of its interest in Christ.
Attributed Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
Faith is the champion of grace, and love the nurse; but humility is the beauty of grace.
Attributed Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
Love is a golden key to let in Christ, and a strong lock to keep out others.
Attributed Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
He who stands upon his own strength will never stand.
Attributed Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
Weak Christians are afraid of the shadow of the cross.
Attributed Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
We trust as we love, and we trust where we love; if you love Christ much surely you will trust Him much.
Attributed Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
Though there is nothing more dangerous, yet there is nothing more ordinary, than for weak saints to make their sense and feeling the judge of their condition. We must strive to walk by faith.
Attributed Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
It is the very nature of grace to make a man strive to be most eminent in that particular grace which is most opposed to his bosom sin.
Attributed Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
Secret sins commonly lie nearest the heart.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
There is the seed of all sins—of the vilest and worst of sins—in the best of men.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
God's very service is wages; His ways are strewed with roses, and paved with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory, and with peace that passeth understanding.
Attributed Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)