We must resist the temptations to sin, by considering the evils they will draw on us But now, amongst those things which we discover to be sinful, there will be some, unto which, through the disposition of our nature, or long custom, or the endearments of […]
Do You Love the World? That will be seen by observing the bent of our heart, how it is swayed towards God and his service, and how towards things below. When two masters are parted, their servants will be known whom they serve, by following their […]
Christ is Altogether Lovely Christ’s loveliness is transcending. He is more lovely than all created excellencies. If you compare Christ and other things, be they never so lovely, never so excellent and desirable; Christ carries away all loveliness from them; “He is (saith the apostle) before […]
Our holiness is our conformity and obedience to the will of God. God rejects any attempt at holiness which is resolved only into the doctrines or precepts of men (Isa 29:13, 14). So for men to pretend to possess or exercise a holiness, from a principle […]
The degeneration of human nature is such that it not only practice sins, but glories in them. Man fallen is but man inverted and turned upside down; his love is where his hatred should be, and his hatred where his love should be; his glory where […]