Whatsoever God takes away from his children, he either supplies it with a great earthly favor, or else with strength to bear it. God gives charge to others to take care of the fatherless and widow, and will he neglect them himself? —Richard Sibbes Adapted from […]
May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, Selah Psalm 67:1 This is a fit refrain to the benediction of the High Priest in the name of the Lord (Numbers 6:24–25). It begins with a cry for […]
If God delights in the creatures’ participation of his happiness for its own sake, then it is evident that the communication of good is not merely a subordinate end, but must be allowed the place of an ultimate end For if it be for its own […]
We should banish from our minds forever the common but erroneous notion that justice and judgment characterize the God of Israel, while mercy and grace belong to the Lord of the Church. Actually there is in principle no difference between the Old Testament and the New. […]
Great … is the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, in that for our sakes He was made in time, by whom the times were made; that He was made among all things, by whom all things were made; that He became what He made. For […]