Before The Work Of Grace

It Is One Thing To Fear God As Threatening, With A Holy Reverence, And Another To Be Afraid Of The Evil Threatened.

Let, Then, The Word Be Preached, And The Sins Of Men Will Be Rebuked, Lust Will Be Restrained, And Some Oppositions Will Be Made Against Sin, Though That Be Not The Effect Aimed At.

The House Built On The Sand May Oftentimes Be Built Higher, Have More Fair Parapets And Battlements, Windows And Ornaments, Than That Which Is Built Upon The Rock; Yet All Gifts And Privileges Equal Not One Grace.

So Great An Advantage Is Given To Sin And Satan By Your Temper And Disposition, That Without Extraordinary Watchfulness, Care, And Diligence, They Will Prevail Against Your Soul.

To Some Men It Is Hard Seeing A Call Of God Through Difficulties; When If It Would But Clothe Itself With A Few Carnal Advantages, How Apparent It Is To Them! They Can See It Through A Little Cranny.