Where God becomes a donor man becomes a debtor. The debt of sin is mercifully discharged for him, that the debt of service might be willingly discharged by him. Every created thing has its bounds, but grace has none. In true godliness there is no excess. Those wells which are of God’s digging can never be too full of water. He delights to see the trees of righteousness laden with the fruits of righteousness. Though faith alone justifies the soul, yet that faith which justifies the soul is not alone. Whatsoever trees are without their fruits, that also is faith without good works. In proof of sanctification good works cannot be sufficiently magnified, but in point of justification good works cannot be sufficiently nullified.
William Secker — William Secker, Christianity: as Exemplified in the Conduct of Its Sincere Professors (Cincinnati: Applegate & Co., 1854), “The Nonsuch Professor in His Meridian Splendor; or, The Singular Actions of Sanctified Christians,” sixth singular principle, pp. 182–183
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