The word of God is called the sword of the Spirit. It is also represented to be very sharp—sharper than any other sword, even sharper than any two-edged sword. It pierces to the dividing asunder of soul and of spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. A metallic sword may destroy the life of a rebel, but it leaves the rebellion of his heart untouched. It may lay open to inspection the internal parts of the body; but the sword of the Spirit does more than this, for it discloses the secrets of the soul. It is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. It discovers to us not only all we ever did, but all that we ever thought; the motives by which we have been actuated, and the character of these motives.
Seth Williston — Seth Williston, Lectures on the Moral Imperfection of Christians; Designed to Show, That While Sinless Perfection Is Obligatory on All, It Is Attained by None (New-York: M. W. Dodd, 1846), Lecture VI, "The Spirituality and Extent of the Divine Law," p. 120
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