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Though heaven be given us freely, yet we must contend for it, "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might" (Eccl. 9:10)

— Thomas Watson The Christian Soldier; or Heaven Taken by Storm (1669)

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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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