The first and great work of a Christian is about his heart. There it is that God dwells by his Spirit, in his saints; and there it is that sin and Satan reign, in the ungodly. The great duties and the great sins are those of […]
Those in Christ have God dwelling with them and are not only sure of supplies for the present, but to all eternity. They not only have such mercies as other people have, temporal blessings and favors; but they have everlasting good bestowed upon them; for God […]
Had it been published by a voice from heaven that twelve poor men, taken out of boats and creeks, without any help of learning, should conquer the world to the cross, it might have been thought an illusion against all the reason of men; yet we […]
A strange plant needs more care than a native of the soil. Worldly desires, like a weed, breed of their own accord, but spiritual desires need a great deal of cultivating. —Thomas Manton Adapted from The Complete Works of Thomas Manton, 6:432.
The worth and excellency of a soul is to be measured by the object of its love: he who loves mean and sordid things does thereby become base and vile. But a noble and well-placed affection does advance and improve the spirit unto a conformity with […]