Peace Is Such A Precious Jewel That

By The Light Of Nature We See God As A God Above Us, By The Light Of The Law We See Him As A God Against Us, But By The Light Of The Gospel We See Him As Emmanuel, God With Us.

The Prayers And Supplications That Christ Offered Up Were, Joined With Strong Cries And Tears, Herein Setting Us Example Not Only To Pray, But To Be Fervent And Importunate In Prayer. How Many Dry Prayers, How Few Wet Ones, Do We Offer Up To God!

We Have A Cunning Adversary, Who Watches To Do Mischief, And Will Promote Errors, Even By The Words Of Scripture.

God Cannot Be Represented By An Image. We Ought Not To Think That The Godhead Is Like Unto Gold, Or Silver, Or Stone, Graven By Art And Man's Device. We Wrong God, And Put An Affront Upon Him, If We Think So. God Honoured Man In Making His Soul After His Own Likeness; But Man Dishonours God If He Makes Him After The Likeness Of His Body. The Godhead Is Spiritual, Infinite, Immaterial, Incomprehensible, And Therefore It Is A Very False And Unjust Conception Which An Image Gives Us Of God.

They Have Most Satisfaction In Themselves, And Consequently The Sweetest Relish Of Their Creature Comforts.