Seek Not To Grow In

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.

Christian Practice Is That Evidence Which Confirms Every Other Indication Of True Godliness.

Resolved, Never To Lose One Moment Of Time; But Improve It The Most Profitable Way I Possibly Can.

True Virtue Never Appears So Lovely As When It Is Most Oppressed; And The Divine Excellency Of Real Christianity Is Never Exhibited With Such Advantage As When Under The Greatest Trials; Then It Is That True Faith Appears Much More Precious Than Gold, And Upon This Account Is "found To Praise And Honour And Glory.

All Truth Is Given By Revelation, Either General Or Special, And It Must Be Received By Reason. Reason Is The God-given Means For Discovering The Truth That God Discloses, Whether In His World Or His Word. While God Wants To Reach The Heart With Truth, He Does Not Bypass The Mind.