The best man is more unworthy to receive anything from God than the worst can be to receive from us. How kind is God to those that blaspheme him, and gives them the same sun, and the same showers, that he doth to the bes…
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As sincerity is the lustre of every grace in a Christian, so is purity the splendor of every attribute in the Godhead. Without it, his patience would be an indulgence to sin, his mercy a fondness, his wrath a madness, hi…
Worship is an act of the understanding, applying itself to the knowledge of the excellency of God, and actual thoughts of his majesty, recognising him as the supreme Lord and governor of the world, which is natural knowl…
The more we act love upon God, as amiable and gracious, the more we should exercise grief in ourselves, as we are vile and offending. Spiritual worship is a melting worship, as well as an elevating worship; it exalts God…
The faith of Abel testified in his sacrifice, and the faith of Enoch testified in his walking with God, was not simply a faith of the existence of God. Cain in the time of Abel, other men in the world in the time of Enoc…
Fire increaseth by laying together many coals on one place; so is devotion inflamed by the union of many hearts, and by a joint presence;