Almost every natural man that hears of hell, flatters himself that he shall escape it.
JONATHAN EDWARDS
We must view humility as one of the most essential things that characterizes true Christianity.
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Almost every natural man that hears of hell, flatters himself that he shall escape it.
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We are dependent on God’s power through every step of our redemption.
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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.
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Resolved, never to do anything out of revenge.
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I make it my rule, to lay hold of light and embrace it, wherever I see it, though held forth by a child or an enemy.
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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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Nature is God’s greatest evangelist.
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I assert that nothing ever comes to pass without a cause.
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The godly are designed for unknown and inconceivable happiness.
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Intend to live in continual mortification, and never to expect or desire any worldly ease or pleasure.
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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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Find preachers of David Brainerd’s spirit, and nothing can stand before them. Let us be followers of him, as he was of Christ, in absolute self-devotion, in total deadness to the world, and in fervent love to God and man.
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Consider that as a principle of love is the main principle in the heart of a real Christian, so the labor of love, is the main business of the Christian life.
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Every Christian that goes before us from this world is a ransomed spirit waiting to welcome us in heaven.
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Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.
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