The pleasures of sin are very short; in the midnight Judas receiveth the money, and in the morning hangeth himself: “The pleasures of sin are but for a season” (Heb. 11:25). Till we sin, Satan is a parasite; but when once we are in the devil’s […]
THIS world’s a forest, where, from day to day, Bears, wolves, and lions, range and seek their prey; Amidst them all poor harmless lambs are fed, And by their very dens in safety led. They roar upon us, but are held in chains; Our shepherd is […]
He that runs from God in the morning will hardly find him at the close of the day; nor will he that begins with the world and the vanities thereof, in the first place, be very capable of walking with God all the day after. It […]
The face of death, and nearness of eternity, did much convince me what books to read, what studies to prefer and prosecute, what company and conversation to choose. It drove me early into the vineyard of the Lord, and taught me to preach as a dying […]
The only ground of God’s love is his love. The ground of God’s love is only and wholly in himself. There is neither portion nor proportion in us to draw his love. There is no love nor loveliness in us that should cause a beam of […]