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Severity to sin is mercy to the soul.
Sin, Mortification0Grace is not of an equal extent to nature: grace is not native, but donative; not by generation, but by regeneration. It is from the Father of spirits, not fathers of our flesh. Who can bring a clean thing out of filthiness? The new birth is "not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man" (John 1:13).
Grace0How good is God to deny us mercies in mercy.
God's Mercy0One error is a bridge to another.
Error0It teaches us humility. As we were from Adam, so he was from the dust of the earth, and that dust from nothing. Our father was Adam, our grandfather dust, our great-grandfather nothing.Exposition Epistle of Jude, 299
Exposition Epistle of Jude, 299Humility0A smooth, if a false way should not delight us; nor should a rugged, if a right way, dishearten us.
Delight0The more you practice what you know, the more shall you know what to practice.
Obedience0Gluttony is a sin so exceedingly contrary to the love of God: it is idolatry. It hath the heart which God should have . . . because that love, that care, that delight, that service and diligence which God should have, is given by the glutton to his belly and to his throat.
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