A Saint Indeed (Keeping the Heart)

Suppose the cup be a bitter cup, yet it is the cup which thy father hath given thee to drink; and canst thou suspect poison to be in that cup which he delivers thee?

Providence is like a curious piece of arras, made of a thousand shreds, which single we know not what to make of, but put together, and stitched up orderly, they represent a beautiful history to the eye.

It is not the cleansing of the hand that makes a Christian, for many a hypocrite can shew as fair a hand as he; but the purifying, watching, and right ordering of the heart; this is the thing that provokes so many sad co…

We are as able to stop the sun in its course, or make the rivers run backward, as by our own skill and power to rule and order our hearts.

Heart-work is weighty and difficult work; and error there, may cost you your souls.