There can be no treaty of peace, till once we lay down those weapons of rebellion wherewith we fight against heaven; nor can we expect to have our distempers cured, if we be daily feeding on poison.
The true Christian is called to be a soldier, and must behave as such from the day of his conversion to the day of his death—he must fight his own flesh.
True holiness does not consist merely of believing and feeling, but of doing and bearing, and a practical exhibition of active and passive grace.
Look on sin with that eye [with] which within a few hours we shall see it. Ah, souls! when you shall lie upon a dying bed, and stand before a judgment-seat, sin shall be unmasked, and its dress and robes shall then be taken off, and […]
The first great secret of holiness lies in the degree and the decisiveness of our repentance. If besetting sins persistently plague us, it is either because we have never truly repented, or because, having repented, we have not maintained our repentance. It is as if, having […]