Miscellanea

Yet [1 John] does not simply exhort us to imitate Christ; but from the union we have with him, he proves that we ought to be like him.

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are.

Therefore, as soon as you become engrafted into Christ through faith, you are made a son of God, an heir of heaven, a partaker in righteousness, a possessor of life; and… …

The Lord Christ is, in the Scripture, compared to all things of eminency in the whole creation. He is in the heavens the sun, and the bright morning star; as the lion …

And truly, for sinners to have fellowship with God, the infinitely holy God, is an astonishing dispensation.

Jesus is mine! I’m now prepared To meet with what I thought most hard; Yes, let the winds of trouble blow, And comforts melt away like snow: No blasted trees, or failing …

God is not like men, so as to be wearied out or exhausted by conferring kindness.

If a woman were to spend all day long in church, praying and chanting, her style of life would not be as agreeable to God as if she were a wife who patiently performed …

Surely the first foundation of righteousness is the worship of God.

No man is prepared for chastising a brother till he has succeeded in acquiring a gentle spirit.