They Who Truly Come To God For

The Ingenerating Of A Principle Of Grace In The Soul Seems In Scripture To Be Compared To The Conceiving Of Christ In The Womb... And The Conception Of Christ In The Womb Of The Blessed Virgin By The Power Of The Holy Ghost, Seems To Be A Designed Resemblance Of The Conception Of Christ In The Soul Of A Believer By The Power Of The Same Holy Ghost.

Envy Is A Spirit Of Dissatisfaction Or Opposition To The Prosperity Or Happiness Of Other People.

By Christ's Purchasing Redemption, Two Things Are Intended: His Satisfaction And His Merit; The One Pays Our Debt, And So Satisfies; The Other Procures Our Title, And So Merits. The Satisfaction Of Christ Is To Free Us From Misery; The Merit Of Christ Is To Purchase Happiness For Us.

If The Case Be Such Indeed, That All Mankind Are By Nature In A State Of Total Ruin, Then, Doubtless,the Great Salvation By Christ Stands In Direct Relation To This Ruin, As The Remedy To The Disease.

Resolved, Never To Count That A Prayer, Nor To Let That Pass As A Prayer, Nor That As A Petition Of A Prayer, Which Is So Made, That I Cannot Hope That God Will Answer It; Nor That As A Confession, Which I Cannot Hope God Will Accept.