Grace Is The Seed Of Glory, The

As God Delights In His Own Beauty, He Must Necessarily Delight In The Creature's Holiness Which Is A Conformity To And Participation Of It, As Truly As [the] Brightness Of A Jewel, Held In The Sun's Beams, Is A Participation Or Derivation Of The Sun's Brightness, Though Immensely Less In Degree.

As It Is With Spiritual Discoveries And Affections Given At First Conversion, So It Is In All Subsequent Illuminations And Affections Of That Kind; They Are All Transforming. There Is A Like Divine Power And Energy In Them As In The First Discoveries; They Still Reach The Bottom Of The Heart, And Affect And Alter The Very Nature Of The Soul, In Proportion To The Degree In Which They Are Given. And A Transformation Of Nature Is Continued And Carried On By Them To The End Of Life, Until It Is Brought To Perfection In Glory.

In All Your Course, Walk With God And Follow Christ As A Little, Poor, Helpless Child, Taking Hold Of Christ's Hand, Keeping Your Eye On The Mark Of The Wounds On His Hands And Side, Whence Came The Blood That Cleanses You From Sin And Hiding Your Nakedness Under The Skirt Of The White Shining Robe Of His Righteousness.

You Contribute Nothing To Your Salvation Except The Sin That Made It Necessary.

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.