Beg of God a waiting frame of spirit As there is nothing more sinful in itself, nor more tormenting to ourselves in an evil day, than an impatient, hasty spirit, so there is nothing more conducive to our glorifying of God, nor to the quiet of […]
There must be humility if we mean to be at peace For it is only by pride that men make contention, but humility pulls down the heart and makes it pliant and easy to be dealt with. But where wrongs lie heavy, sin lies light; where […]
The glorious presence of God that the saints shall have of God in heaven is a great part of their happiness Heaven would not be heaven without the presence of God. The presence of God in the most miserable place possible would be a greater happiness […]
Do you desire God? Stir up and enlarge your desires Let those narrow hearts open their mouths wide. Say with the psalmist, “This one thing I desire; nothing but God, nothing but grace. Take corn and wine who will, take the gold and the silver who […]
Life is the Porch of Eternity Here the believer dresses himself that he may be fit to enter in with the Bridegroom. We cannot say of a wicked man that life is his Though he lives, yet life is not his; he is dead while he […]