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The excellence of a thing is the end for which it was made; as of a star to give light, and of a plant to be fruitful. So the excellence of a Christian is to answer the end of his creation, which is to hallow God’s name, and live to that God by whom he lives.

— Thomas Watson

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We may read many truths in the Bible, but we cannot know them savingly, till God by his Spirit shines upon our soul.

Repentance is purgative; fear not the working of this pill.

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Obedience carries in it the life-blood of religion.

There is nothing that can hurt the soul but sin; it is not affliction that hurts it, it often makes it better, as the furnace makes gold the purer; but it is sin that damnifies.

Leaving sin is not enough, unless we embrace righteousness.

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