Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if I expected it would not be above an hour before I should hear the last trump. —Jonathan Edwards, 1703-1758
Henceforth, I am not to act, in any respect, as my own. I shall act as my own if I ever make use of any of my powers to anything that is not to the glory of God, and do not make the glorifying of him […]
After millions of years and ages, the felicity of the saints shall be as far from ending, as when their souls were first received into paradise The infinite love of God, the everlasting merit of Christ, and the unchangeableness of the covenant of grace, assures us […]
Christ is not received and entertained as Lord and King, but where His laws are obeyed If you receive Him as Lord and King, so also obey Him. In the Lord’s Prayer, first, we say, “Thy kingdom come,” then we add, “Thy will be done.” We […]
I know nothing in the world more useful, no point of divinity more pregnant, no greater spring of sanctifying duty, than that God and man were one, to make God and us one. He married our nature, that He might marry our persons. —Richard Sibbes, 1577-1635