Let us be firmly persuaded of the reality of this wrath to come- Let us adore and fear the greatness of God, and be moved to turn to Him- Let us consider what it is to die, and what the state of the other world is- Let believers learn highly to value that salvation which Christ obtains for them.
God's praise is too big for the heart; acknowledge all therefore privately in thy prayers to God, and not only so but also to others. When God had delivered the Israelites, Moses tells Jethro what He had done for them (Ex. 18:8). David bids them come to him, and he would tell them what He had done for his soul. Christ's reward of the leper for healing him was, "Go and tell what is done for thee." Instead of foolish jesting, which our mouths are full of, rather give thanks (Eph. 5:4); and if the heart were full, the mouth would be filled with praise. Works
Election, I say, is expressed to us by all that God means to bestow upon us actually to eternity, forever and ever, which He "hath prepared for them that love him"; so the phrase is (1 Cor. 2:9). And verse 12: "We have received…the Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God"—that is, given us when He first set His heart upon us. My brethren, when God first began to love you, He gave you all that He ever meant to give you in the lump, and eternity of time is that in which He is retailing of it out.