The Door Of God’s Mercy

A Man Who Knows That He Lives In Sin Against God Will Not Be Inclined To Come Daily Into The Presence Of God.

If I Murmur In The Least At Affliction, If I Am In Any Way Uncharitable, If I Revenge My Own Case, If I Do Anything Purely To Please Myself Or Omit Anything Because It Is A Great Denial, If I Trust Myself, If I Take Any Praise For Any Good Which Christ Does By Me, Or If I Am In Any Way Proud, I Shall Act As My Own And Not God’s.

Resolved, To Ask Myself At The End Of Every Day, Week, Month And Year, Wherein I Could Possibly In Any Respect Have Done Better.

From Love Arises Hatred Of Those Things Which Are Contrary To What We Love, Or Which Oppose And Thwart Us In Those Things That We Delight In.

Whether God Has Decreed All Things That Ever Come To Pass Or Not, All That Own The Being Of A God, Own That He Knows All Things Beforehand. Now, It Is Self-evident That If He Knows All Things Beforehand, He Either Doth Approve Of Them Or Doth Not Approve Of Them; That Is, He Either Is Willing They Should Be, Or He Is Not Willing They Should Be. But To Will That They Should Be Is To Decree Them.