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If there be ground for you to trust in your own righteousness, then, all that Christ did to purchase salvation, and all that God did to prepare the way for it is in vain.

Jonathan Edwards

Holiness appeared to me to be of a sweet, pleasant, charming, serene, calm nature; which brought an inexpressible purity, brightness, peacefulness and ravishment to the soul.
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Appearance Charm Holy Soul
Real pain can alone cure us of imaginary ills.
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Alone Cure Imagination Pain Sick
There is a difference between having a rational judgment that honey is sweet, and having a sense of its sweetness.
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Difference Judgement Sweet
You have reason to wonder that you are not already in hell.
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Hell Reason Wonder Yourself
Almost every natural man that hears of hell, flatters himself that he shall escape it.
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Escape Hell Himself Man Natural
Nature is God’s greatest evangelist.
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God Greatness Nature
The seeking of the kingdom of God is the chief business of the Christian life.
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Business Chief God Life Seek
Godliness is more easily feigned in words than in actions.
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Action Easy God Word
The material universe exists only in the mind.
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Existence Material Mindset Universe
Religion, in its purity, is not so much a pursuit as a temper; or rather it is a temper, leading to the pursuit of all that is high and holy. Its foundation is faith; its action, works; its temper, holiness; its aim, obedience to God in improvement of self, and benevolence to men.
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Faith Foundation God Improvement Obedience Purity Pursuit Religion
Christ gives peace to the most sinful and miserable that come to Him. He heals the broken in heart and binds up their wounds.
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Break God Healing Himself Misery Peace Wound
We are dependent on God’s power through every step of our redemption.
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God Ourselves Power Step
Family education and order are some of the chief means of grace; if these are duly maintained, all the means of grace are likely to prosper and become effectual.
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Education Effect Family Grace Order Prosperity
True salvation always produces an abiding change of nature in a true convert. Therefore, whenever holiness of life does not accompany a confession of conversion, it must be understood that this individual is not a Christian.
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Change Confession Nature Production Religious True
There are people who love those who agree with them and admire them, but have no time for those who oppose and dislike them. A Christian’s love must be universal!
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Agreement Love People Time Universe
The way to Heaven is ascending; we must be content to travel uphill, though it be hard and tiresome, and contrary to the natural bias of our flesh.
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Heaven Natural Ourselves Travel Way

If there be ground for you to trust in your own righteousness, then, all that Christ did to purchase salvation, and all that God did to prepare the way for it is in vain.

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