Holiness Appeared To Me To Be Of

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.

We Have Seen That The Son Of God Created The World For This Very End, To Communicate Himself In An Image Of His Own Excellency. ... When We Behold The Light And Brightness Of The Sun, The Golden Edges Of An Evening Cloud, Or The Beauteous (rain)bow, We Behold The Adumbrations Of His Glory And Goodness; And In The Blue Sky, Of His Mildness And Gentleness.

No Degree Of Speculative Knowledge Of Religion Is Any Certain Sign Of True Piety.

Prayer Is As Natural An Expression Of Faith As Breathing Is Of Life.

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.