“Then he stood still awhile to look and wonder; for it was very surprising to him, that the sight of the cross should thus ease him of his burden. He looked therefore, and looked again, even till the springs that were in his head sent the waters down his cheeks. “

“Now I saw in my dream, that the highway up which Christian was to go, was fenced on either side with a wall, and that wall was called Salvation. [Isa. 26:1] Up this way, therefore, did burdened Christian run, but not without great difficulty, because of the load on his back. He ran thus till [...]

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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 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 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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“Welcome, welcome Jesus, what way soever Thou come, if we can get a sight of Thee.”

“…whether God come to His children with a rod or a crown, if He come Himself with it, it is well. Welcome, welcome Jesus, what way soever Thou come, if we can get a sight of Thee. And sure I am, it is better to be sick, providing Christ come to the bedside, and draw [...]

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