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A man may be theologically knowing and spiritually ignorant.
Theology, Knowledge, Ignorance0Holiness is nothing but the implanting, writing and living out the gospel in our souls
Holiness0All the prayers in the Scripture you will find to be reasoning with God, not a multitude of words heaped together.
Prayer0What a wonder that two natures infinitely distant should be more intimately united than anything in the world... That the same person should have both a glory and a grief; an infinite joy in the Deity, and an inexpressible sorrow in the humanity; that a God upon a throne should be an infant in a cradle; the thundering Creator be a weeping babe and a suffering man;
Incarnation0A God of unmixed blessedness is linked personally with a man of...sorrows: life incapable to die, joined to a body in that economy incapable to live without dying first; infinite purity, and a reputed sinner; eternal blessedness with a cursed nature, Almightiness and weakness, omniscience and ignorance, immutability and changeableness, incomprehensibleness and comprehensibility; that which cannot be comprehended, and that which can be comprehended; that which is entirely independent, and that which is totally dependent; the Creator forming all things, and the creature made, met together to a personal union; "The word made flesh
Incarnation0Power is God's hand or arm, omniscience His eye, mercy His bowels, eternity His duration, but holiness is His beauty
God's Attributes0The best man is more unworthy to receive anything from God than the worst can be to receive from us.
Grace0is it not a folly for an atheist to deny that which is the reason and common sentiment of the whole world, to strip himself of humanity, run counter to his own conscience, prefer a private before a universal judgment, give the lie to his own nature and reason, assert things impossible to be proved, nay, impossible to be acted, forge irrationalities for the support of his fancy against the common persuasion of the world, against himself, and against so much of God as is manifest in him and every man (Rom. 1:19)?
Atheism0Shall a silly passenger, that understands not the use of a compass, be angry that the skillfull pilot will not steer the vessel according to his pleasure?
God's Wisdom, Providence0The greatest punishment inflicted upon Christ, when he stood as a sacrifice for sin, was not the act of men, but the act of God
Cross, Gospel0No man can expect to be an heir of heaven that is not first a saint on earth.
The Wells of Salvation OpenedHoliness0The Wells of Salvation Opened
The great objection of a penitent is, I have sinned, and I know not whether God will receive me: consider, God knows your sin better than you do, yet he kindly calls to you, and promises you as good a reception as if you had never sinned.
Sin, Grace0Conscience is the foundation of all religion, and the two pillars upon which it is built are the being of God and the bounty of God to those who diligently seek him (Heb. 11:6).
Attributes, On God's ExistenceConscience0Attributes, On God's Existence
Without owning a God as the first cause of the world, no man can give any tolerable or satisfactory account of the world to his own reason.
Attributes, On God's ExistenceReason, Existence of God0Attributes, On God's Existence
a man may as well doubt whether there be a sun when he sees his beams gliding the earth as doubt whether there be a God when he sees his works spread in the world
Attributes, Discourse 1Existence of God0Attributes, Discourse 1
When you hear men calling upon God in a time of affrighting thunder, you cannot imagine that the fear of thunder did first introduce the notion of a God, but it implies that it was before apprehended by them or stamped upon them.
On God\'s ExistenceExistence of God, Fear0On God\'s Existence
that principle of a greedy desire to be uncontrolled in their lusts -which induces men to a denial of providence
Existence and Attributes of God, Discourse 1Providence, Wickedness, Sin0Existence and Attributes of God, Discourse 1
a fool is one who has lost his wisdom and right notion of God and divine things, which were communicated to man by creation
Existence and Attributes of God, Discourse 1Atheism0Existence and Attributes of God, Discourse 1
The psalmist lays all the evil, tyranny, lust, and persecutions of men (as if the world were only for their sake) upon their neglect of God and the atheism cherished in the hearts.
Existence and Attributes of God, Discourse 1Atheism0Existence and Attributes of God, Discourse 1
Whosoever resolves to live holily must never expect to live quietly.
Holiness0Love is a commanding affection, a uniting grace; it draws all the faculties of the soul to one center. The soul that loves God, when it hath to do with Him, is bound to the beloved object; it can mind nothing else during such impressions. When the affection is set to the worship of God, everything the soul hath will be bestowed upon it.
Love0The law is tempered by the gospel but not nulled and cast out of doors by it. It enacts that none but those that are sanctified shall be glorified; that there must be grace here if we expect glory hereafter; that we must not presume to expect an admittance to the vision of God's face unless our souls be clothed with a robe of holiness (Heb. 12:14). It requires an obedience to the whole law in our intention and purpose and an endeavor to observe it in our actions; it promotes the honor of God and ordains a universal charity among men; it reveals the whole counsel of God and furnishes men with the holiest laws.
The Law0The commands of the gospel require the obedience of the creature. There is not one precept in the gospel which interferes with any rule in the law, but strengthens it and represents it in its true exactness; the heat to scorch us is allayed, but the light to direct us is not extinguished. Not the least allowance to any sin is granted; not the least affection to any sin is indulged.
The Law0In our desires for heaven, if they are regular, we consider not so much our freedom from trouble as from sin; nor is our aim in the first place so much at complete happiness as perfect holiness.
Holiness0Pray not only against the power of sin but for the power of holiness. A wicked man may pray against his sins not out of any inward enmity to them or love to holiness but because they are troublesome guests to his conscience. His zeal is false that seems hot against sin but is cold to holiness. A city is rebellious that keeps its rightful prince out, though it receives not his enemy in.
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