Behold! on what sure foundations his happiness is built whose soul is possessed with divine love, whose will is transformed into the will of God, and whose greatest desire is that his Maker should be pleased. O the peace, the rest, the satisfaction that attends such […]
The love of God, as manifested in Jesus Christ, is what I would wish to be the abiding object of my contemplation; not merely to speculate upon it as a doctrine, but so to feel it, and my own interest in it, as to have my […]
Do well, as well as say well. Be zealous of good works. Spare not for any cost, if it may promote your Master’s work. Maintain your innocence, and walk without offence. Let your lives condemn sin, and persuade men to duty. There is no virtue wherein […]
If you believe that Christ was more imitable than Cæsar, or Alexander; and that it is more glory to be a Christian than to be a Conqueror, yea, to be a man than a beast, which often exceed us in strength; then contend with charity, and […]
It honoureth God and your profession, when you abound in love and in good works: loving the godly with a special love, but all men with so much love, as makes you earnestly desirous of their welfare, and to love your enemies, and put up wrongs, […]