To Be The People Of God Without

Be Careful How You Spend Your Time: Spend Your Time In Nothing Which You Know Must Be Repented Of.

It Is Not The Reading Of Many Books Which Is Necessary To Make A Man Wise Or Good; But Well Reading Of A Few.

Such Is The Depth Of The Christian Scriptures, That Even If I Were Attempting To Study Them And Nothing Else From Early Boyhood To Decrepit Old Age, With The Utmost Leisure, The Most Unwearied Zeal, And Talents Greater Than I Have, I Would Be Still Daily Making Progress In Discovering Their Treasures.

When Christ Comes With Regenerating Grace, He Finds No Man Sitting Still, But All Posting To Eternal Ruin, And Making Haste Toward Hell; Till, By Conviction, He First Brings Them To A Stand, And Then, By Conversion, Turn First Their Hearts, And Then Their Lives, Sincerely To Himself.

Spend Your Time In Nothing Which You Know Must Be Repented Of; In Nothing On Which You Might Not Pray For The Blessing Of God; In Nothing Which You Could Not Review With A Quiet Conscience On Your Dying Bed; In Nothing Which You Might Not Safely And Properly Be Found Doing If Death Should Surprise You In The Act.