Faith, If It Be A Living Faith,

A Man May Easier See Without Eyes, Speak Without A Tongue, Than Truly Mortify One Sin Without The Spirit.

There Is No Broader Way To Apostasy Than To Reject God's Sovereignty In All Things Concerning The Revelation Of Himself And Our Obedience.

Though We Are Commanded To 'wash Ourselves', To 'cleanse Ourselves From Sins', To 'purge Ourselves From All Our Iniquities', Yet To Imagine That We Can Do These Things By Our Own Efforts Is To Trample On The Cross And Grace Of Jesus Christ. Whatever God Works In Us By His Grace, He Commands Us To Do As Our Duty. God Works All In Us And By Us.

Many There Are Who, Not Comprehending, Not Being Affected With, That Divine, Spiritual Description Of The Person Of Christ Which Is Given Us By The Holy Ghost In The Scripture, Do Feign Unto Themselves False Representations Of Him By Images And Pictures, So As To Excite Carnal And Corrupt Affections In Their Minds. By The Help Of Their Outward Senses, They Reflect On Their Imaginations The Shape Of A Human Body, Cast Into Postures And Circumstances Dolorous Or Triumphant; And So, By The Working Of Their Fancy, Raise A Commotion Of Mind In Themselves, Which They Suppose To Be Love Unto Christ.

The Duties God Requires Of Us Are Not In Proportion To The Strength We Possess In Ourselves. Rather, They Are Proportional To The Resources Available To Us In Christ. We Do Not Have The Ability In Ourselves To Accomplish The Least Of God's Tasks. This Is The Law Of Grace. When We Recognize It Is Impossible For Us To Perform A Duty In Our Own Strength, We Will Discover The Secret Of Its Accomplishment.