The Works of Leonard Woods, D.D., vol. 3 (Boston: John P. Jewett & Company, 1851), Lecture LXXXVIII, "Direct Agency of the Spirit Consistent with Moral Agency," p. 21

If we would excite and strengthen any Christian grace in ourselves, we must familiarize our minds to a fit portion of truth. And if we would excite and strengthen any Christian grace in others, we must present a fit port…