September 13 – “Good men seek peace for grace sake; but wicked men and hypocrites, seek grace for peace sake.”

“O Lord, I am one of those wearied souls ; wearied with my temptations, wearied with inward trouble ; now, Lord, speak a word in due season to this poor, wounded, and wearied soul. Thus go to Christ. Only in your addresses to Christ, be sure that ye go in uprightness. Take heed that you [...]

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September 12 – “He wills you to study and consult much the death, sufferings and fulness of the satisfaction made by Jesus Christ ; go down into the grave of Christ…”

“But what does the Lord say ? what does the Lord speak from his word in the way of an ordinance, that I who was never yet settled, may attain unto this inward peace and quietude of soul ? 1. He wills you to study and consult much the death, sufferings and fulness of the [...]

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September 11 – “…when God sees that his children fall in love more with the nurse than with himself, then he removes the nurse, and causes their peace to be suspended and interrupted : he will not have the nurse to be loved more than himself.”

“When God is absent from us, then we have testimonies of our love to God, by our desires after him ; and when he is present, then we have testimonies of his love to us, by the shines of his countenance ; so that whether God shines or not, whether we have comfort or not, [...]

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