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The Very Design Of The Gospel Doth Tend To Self-abasing; And The Work Of Grace Is Begun And Carried On In Humiliation. Humility Is Not A Mere Ornament Of A Christian, But An Essential Part Of The New Creature: It Is A Contradiction To Be A Sanctified Man, Or A True Christian, And Not Humble.

You Little Know What You Have Done, When You Have First Broke The Bounds Of Modesty; You Have Set Open The Door Of Your Fancy To The Devil, So That He Can, Almost At His Pleasure Ever After, Represent The Same Sinful Pleasure To You Anew; He Hath Now Access To Your Fancy To Stir Up Lustful Thoughts And Desires, So That When You Should Think Of Your Calling, Of Your God, Or Of Your Soul, Your Thoughts Will Be Worse Than Swinish, Upon The Filth That Is Not Fit To Be Named. If The Devil Here Get In A Foot, He Will Not Easily Be Got Out.

To Live Among Such Excellent Helps As Our Libraries Afford, To Have So Many Silent Wise Companions Whenever We Please.

When The Son Of God Comes To Rescue Us And Bring Us Back To God, He Does Not Find In Us The Ability To Believe.

This Life Was Not Intended To Be The Place Of Our Perfection, But The Preparation For It.