Let grace have the ordering of your tongues, and of your hands; the moulding of your whole conversation. Let not humility appear in some actions, and pride in others; holy seriousness in some companies, and vain frothiness in others. Suffer not the fountain of corruption to […]
May all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you! May those who love your salvation say evermore, “God is great!” Psalm 70:4 All true worshipers, though as yet in the humble ranks of seekers, will have cause for joy. Even though the seeking commence […]
Worship must be done humbly It is not worship without humility. They who worship have a deep sense of their own vileness. In Scripture the saints of the Most High in all their addresses to God, have always low thoughts of themselves. As the centurion, Matt […]
Sin casts contempt on the majesty and greatness of God The language of it is, that he is a despicable being, not worthy to be honoured or feared; not so great, that his displeasure is worthy to be dreaded; and that his threatenings of wrath are […]
Holiness—the nature of God cannot rationally be conceived without it Though the power of God be the first rational conclusion, drawn from the sight of his works, wisdom the next, from the order and connexion of his works, purity must result from the beauty of his […]