A greater absurdity cannot be thought of than a morose, hardhearted, covetous, proud, malicious Christian.
JONATHAN EDWARDSSurely there is something in the unruffled calm of nature that overawes our little anxieties and doubts; the sight of the deep-blue sky and the clustering stars above seems to impart a quiet to the mind.
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The devil can counterfeit all the saving operations and graces of the Spirit of God.
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Christ is the true light of the world; it is through him alone that true wisdom is imparted to the mind.
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A true and faithful Christian does not make holy living an accidental thing. It is his great concern. As the business of the soldier is to fight, so the business of the Christian is to be like Christ.
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Resolved, when I feel pain, to think of the pains of martyrdom, and of hell.
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Resolved, to study the Scriptures so steadily, constantly and frequently, as that I may find, and plainly perceive myself to grow in the knowledge of the same.
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The godly are designed for unknown and inconceivable happiness.
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You all have by you a large treasure of divine knowledge, in that you have the Bible in your hands; therefore be not contented in possessing but little of this treasure.
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We are dependent on the power of God to convert us and give faith in Jesus Christ and the new nature.
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Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will.
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Love is the sum of all virtue, and love disposes us to good.
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He that sees the beauty of holiness or true moral good, sees the greatest and most important thing in the world.
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Teachers and learners are correlates, one of which was never intended to be without the other.
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Envy is a spirit of dissatisfaction or opposition to the prosperity or happiness of other people.
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Surely there is something in the unruffled calm of nature that overawes our little anxieties and doubts; the sight of the deep-blue sky and the clustering stars above seems to impart a quiet to the mind.
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Resolved to live with all my might while I do live, and as I shall wish I had done ten thousand years hence.
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