October 8 – “The strength of our affections is to be measured by the firmness and fixedness of the root, not by the violence of their actings.”

“Case 4. “But when I compare my love to God with my love to some created enjoyments, I find the pulse of my affections beat stronger to the creature than to the Creator. How then can I call him Father? Nay, alas! those turnings of heart within me, and glowings of affection to him, which [...]

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October 7 – “Sin is not quite dead in the regenerate soul; it is but dying, and dying a lingering death, being crucified: no wonder there are great fightings, when it is sick at the heart, and death is at the door.”

“Case 3. “I find the motions of sin in my heart more violent since the Lord began his work on my soul, than they were before that time. Can this consist with a change of my nature?” Answer. Dreadful is the case of many, who, after God has had a remarkable dealing with their souls, [...]

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October 6 – “Let not therefore the prevailing of corruption make you, in this case, conclude you are none of God’s children: but let it humble you, to be the more watchful, and to thirst the more intensely after Jesus Christ, his blood and Spirit…”

“Case 2. ‘If I were a new creature, sin could not prevail against me as it does.’ Answer. Though we must not lay pillows for hypocrites to rest their heads upon, who indulge themselves in their sins, and make the doctrine of God’s grace subservient to their lusts, lying down contentedly in the bond of [...]

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October 4 – “If you can perceive the happy change which is wrought on your soul…in vain do you trouble yourself, and refuse comfort, because you know not how and what way it was brought about.”

“But that I may afford some farther help to true Christians in their inquiries into their state, I shall propose and briefly answer some cases or doubts, which may possibly hinder some people from the comfortable view of their happy state…Case 1. ‘I doubt if I be regenerate, because I know not the precise time [...]

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October 3 – “…this illumination in the knowledge of Christ, convincingly discovers to men a fullness in him, sufficient for the supply of all their needs, enough to satisfy the boundless desires of an immortal soul.”

“In regeneration the MIND is savingly enlightened…But saving illumination carries the soul beyond opinion, to the certain knowledge of Christ and his excellency, 1 Thess. 1:5, “For our Gospel came not unto you in word only—but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance.” The light of grace thus discovers the [...]

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October 2 – “The beams of the light of life make their way into the dark dungeon of the heart: then the night is over, and the morning light is come, which will shine more and more unto the perfect day.”

“In regeneration the MIND is savingly enlightened. There is a light let into the understanding; so that those who were “once darkness, are now light in the Lord,” Eph. 5:8. The beams of the light of life make their way into the dark dungeon of the heart: then the night is over, and the morning [...]

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August 25 – “True faith…constrains a man to live unto the Lord from a deep sense of gratitude for redemption. It makes him feel that he can never do too much for Him who died for him.”

“In short, where there is no sanctification of life, there is no real faith in Christ. True faith worketh by love. It constrains a man to live unto the Lord from a deep sense of gratitude for redemption. It makes him feel that he can never do too much for Him who died for him. Being [...]

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