Do not think on the comforts
you lack, but on the mercies you have. Look rather at God's
end in afflicting than to the measure and degree of your affliction. Christopher Love. A humble Christian studies his
own unworthiness. He looks with one eye upon grace,
to keep his heart cheerful, and with the other eye upon sin,
to keep it humble. Thomas Watson If Satan's darts have wounded
us, then faith cools the scalding heat of sin by applying to us
the precious balm of Christ's blood, Christopher Love. Sin is a leprous spot. It makes
everything we touch unclean. Thomas Watson. A man with God is always in the
majority. John Knox. The tongue exists to reveal our
heart. John Calvin. The human heart is a factory
of idols. John Calvin. God does not need your good works,
but your neighbor does. Martin Luther. Whatever your heart clings to
and confides in, that is really your God. Martin Luther. The Bible is alive. It speaks
to me. It has feet. It runs after me. It has hands. It lays hold of
me. Martin Luther. It is certain that a man must
completely despair of himself in order to be fit for the grace
of Christ. Martin Luther. Faith is the wedding ring in
which we have pledged ourselves to Christ. Martin Luther. Ministerial work is to make saints
out of sinners, living souls out of the dead, children of
God out of servants of the devil. Martin Luther. Ministers should make it their
business not to set forth new notions, but to press on Christians'
old truths and known duties. Thomas Gouge God's all-seeing presence is
a preservative against sin and a means to make you watchful
over all your ways and actions. Thomas Gouge Carry all your sins with the
solemnity of penitential tears to their eternal funeral in Christ. – Thomas Gouge It is hard to destroy sin, but
will it not be harder to be damned for it? – Thomas Gouge In our folly we see the faults
of others more than to see our own. Learn the R of self-examination,
which is the way to self-reformation. Thomas Gouge Let us offer up ourselves to
the Lord as a whole burnt offering, in the ascending flames of purest
affections. Thomas Gouge Christ has purchased holiness
for all those that He has laid down His life for. Jeremiah Burroughs The moral law is a looking-glass
of God's holiness. In the moral law, we may see
the luster and glory of the holiness of God Himself. Jeremiah Burroughs In believers, the power of Jesus
Christ can uphold little sparks of grace in the midst of an ocean
of corruption. Jeremiah Burroughs. The burden of sin is so great
to the godly, it makes them weary of their lives, for their corruption
is more grievous than death would be. Jeremiah Burroughs. There is no such intensiveness
in any labor in the world as a Christian has against his corruptions. Jeremiah Burroughs Christians must not be idle.
They have to provide for eternity. Jeremiah Burroughs The most people in the world,
sin is a trivial thing. Jeremiah Burroughs. But pious heart does not bleed
to hear and see in these degenerate times, the despising and trampling
of things God highly prizes. Thomas Hodges. No man can prove himself to be
a Christian if he does not hate sin. —William Plumer An idle person is the devil's
workshop. There Satan works, ever busy
when men are most idle. —Thomas Gouge If the Lord brings a wicked man
to heaven, it would be hell to him, for he who does not love
grace on earth will never love it in heaven. Christopher Love. The strength of towers, walls,
or any creature cannot secure sinners against God's consuming
indignation. Thomas Hodges. If the most petty prince will
not endure to have his name abused and slighted, then never think
the highest God of heaven will permit it. Thomas Hodges. It's God's just judgment on all
who do not receive his truth and love to give them up to walk
in their own counsels. Thomas Hodges. Christ crucified must be the
subject of all true preaching. —John Jackson Men in heaven shall know who
are damned in hell, yet they shall not know it in a way of
compassion or sorrow. —Christopher Love The minister's life is a life
of consecration, without which it has no meaning. We must love
the flock in order to preach to it well. —Alexander Vinnett In preaching, the minister brings
the mind of the hearer into direct and immediate contact with the
mind of the Spirit. —William Taylor On earth Christians enjoy Christ's
spirit by drops. In heaven, they shall enjoy the
fullness of the ocean. Christopher Love. Clothes show what people are.
Their clothes uncover their hearts. Clothes show whether people are
chaste or immoral, proud or serious. William Gearing. Sins are more easily kept out,
than cast out. Augustine It is against the nature of grace,
not to be in motion, not to increase in being more holy. Hannibal
Gammon One of God's punishments to a
wicked man is his wicked mind. Hannibal Gammon. It is just with God to punish
us in that thing we idolize. Thomas Valentine. Patience is a quiet, silent temper
of soul by which we submit to God in all our crosses. —Thomas
Valentine A Christian comes to Christ as
continual recourse for the increase of all graces. —Thomas Valentine A Christian is not poor, who
is rich in grace. He cannot be miserable, who is
Christ for his portion. —William Gearing Always fear to offend God, and
you need not fear any other peril. —John Ball Death itself, which makes a separation
between the soul and body, cannot make a separation between the
believer and Christ. John Brinsley The touch of the
woman drew from Christ a virtue to cure her, so believers draw
from Him virtue for feeding their soul to eternal life. John Brinsley Holiness makes a man as like
to God as a creature can be like to the Creator. But sin transforms
us into the likeness of the devil. John Ball