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Posted on February 15, 2010 by

Love for sin makes men impatient under reproof. When a person’s sin is to him as “the apple of his eye,” no wonder he is offended at any that touches it. – George Swinnock 1627 – 1673

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Posted on January 24, 2010 by

“The next week,” says the sinner, “I will begin to be sober and temperate, serious and devout.” But the true sense of what he says is this, “I am fully bent to spend this present week in riot and excess, … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 19, 2010 by

It is not enough to hear God’s voice, but we must obey. Obedience is a part of the honor we owe to God. . . . Obedience carries in it the lifeblood of religion. . . . Obedience without knowledge … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 24, 2009 by

In the creation, man was made in God’s image; in the incarnation God was made in man’s image. . . . He took our flesh that He might take our sins, and so appease God’s wrath. . . . Christ’s … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 17, 2009 by

O, the work that sin has done in the world! This is the enemy that has brought in death; that has robbed and enslaved man, that has turned the world upside down, and sown the dissensions between man and the … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 13, 2009 by

A sword in a madman’s hand, and the Word of God in some wicked man’s mouth, are used much alike. – William Gurnall 1617 – 1679

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Posted on December 8, 2009 by

Will you put God to this, that either He must work constant miracles in every age, and before every man, or else He must not be believed? – Richard Baxter 1615 – 1691

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Posted on December 6, 2009 by

We cannot prescribe how God should be glorified. . . . How have men fooled themselves and dishonored God in the matter of worship! They invent and prescribe forms and modes, when they have no ground to believe that He … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 4, 2009 by

He that seems righteous toward men, and is irreligious toward God, is but an honest heathen; and he that seems religious toward God, and is unrighteous toward men, is but a fake Christian. – George Swinnock 1627 – 1673

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Posted on November 24, 2009 by

You know there are two great plagues that have distressed the church of Christ and it will never be quite free from them; a multitude of hypocrites on a fair day, and a multitude of apostates on a foul day. … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 24, 2009 by

A Christian, if he has not a care, may be proud of his very humility. It is hard starving this sin, because it can live on almost nothing. . . .  Be much in meditation on death and judgment. A … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 14, 2009 by

You may as well see without light, and be supported without earth, or live without food, as to be saved without holiness . . . the one thing necessary (Heb. 12:14). And when this has been determined by God, and … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 8, 2009 by

Conscience has often lent its sanction to the grossest errors, and prompted the greatest crimes. Did not Saul of Tarsus, for instance, drag men and women to prison; compel them to blaspheme; and stain his hands in saintly blood, while … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 8, 2009 by

Consider your Lord and Master, you that call yourselves [Christ’s] disciples. Many look upon you that will not look unto [His] Word, and will judge [Jesus] by your practices. Do not damage [Him], by misrepresenting [Him]; as if [He] allowed … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 31, 2009 by

You shall not hate your fellow countryman in your heart; you may surely reprove your neighbor, but shall not incur sin because of him. Leviticus 19:17 There is a special obligation upon friends to be helpful to one another in … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 28, 2009 by

The most spiritual attainment of a Christian in the world, the most spiritual, evangelical mourning and repentance that can be done by a Christian, is a mourning over his unbelief; that the Word of the Lord is not more precious … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 22, 2009 by

Learn to apply Scripture. Take every word as spoken to yourselves. When the Word thunders against sin, think thus: “God means my sins.” When it emphasizes any duty, “God intends me in this.” Many put off Scripture for themselves, as … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 18, 2009 by

He that says he will be good tomorrow, says he will be wicked today. – James Janeway 1636 – 1674

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Posted on October 13, 2009 by

All the while you delay, God is more provoked, the wicked one [Satan] more encouraged, your heart more hardened, your debts more increased, your soul more endangered, and all the difficulties of conversion daily more and more multiplied upon you, … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 7, 2009 by

As a Christian, you may be called before you are aware, into the field either to suffer for God or from God. . . . God can soon change the scene in which you live, the public affairs and the … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 1, 2009 by

The abuses of the tongue are many, one of which is the malignity of it. And whereas in David’s time a malignant and virulent tongue was the badge of an Atheist . . . now alas! this blotch [has] become … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 12, 2009 by

Mere head knowledge will be as unhelpful to the soul on judgment day, as a painted fire is unhelpful to the frozen body on a cold day. Theoretical knowledge may make the head giddy, but it will never make the … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 12, 2009 by

The servants of God consider the matter of religion more seriously than others do; and therefore their differences are more observable to the world. They cannot make light of the smallest truth of God . . . whereas the ungodly … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 29, 2009 by

They who design and endeavor to win others . . . must religiously avoid that which is the greatest obstruction of all, the profligate and atrocious lives of some that call themselves Christians. If men were prompted and employed by … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 26, 2009 by

I now see more good and more evil in men than I did before. . . . I once thought that anyone who could pray eloquently and fluently, and talk well of religion, had to be saints. But experience has … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 22, 2009 by

A man may be theologically knowing and spiritually ignorant. . . . A man may be excellent in the grammar of Scripture, yet not understand the spiritual sense of it. . . . The highest rational knowledge of God cannot … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 2, 2009 by

To sin because mercy abounds is the devil’s logic. . . . He that sins because of God’s mercy shall have judgment without mercy. Mercy abused turns to fury. . . . Mercy is not for them that sin and … Continue reading →

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Posted on July 4, 2009 by

The sinners of a nation are really the weakness of it. . . . Wicked men are they that betray nations and kingdoms, expose them to God’s wrath, and subject them to His judgments. Did Noah bring the flood upon … Continue reading →

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Posted on July 2, 2009 by

Compare yourselves with the Word. See how the Scriptures and your hearts agree, how your dial responds to the sun. Are your hearts, as it were, a transcript of Scripture? Is the Word copied out in your hearts? The Word … Continue reading →

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Posted on June 14, 2009 by

Take notice, that it stands as a blot in the reputation of the Corinthians, that they were altogether for a gospel that should cost them nothing. Corinth was the most convenient, and so the most frequented, port of trade in … Continue reading →

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