Resolved, Never To Do Anything Which I

By Christ's Purchasing Redemption, Two Things Are Intended: His Satisfaction And His Merit; The One Pays Our Debt, And So Satisfies; The Other Procures Our Title, And So Merits. The Satisfaction Of Christ Is To Free Us From Misery; The Merit Of Christ Is To Purchase Happiness For Us.

Whether God Has Decreed All Things That Ever Come To Pass Or Not, All That Own The Being Of A God, Own That He Knows All Things Beforehand. Now, It Is Self-evident That If He Knows All Things Beforehand, He Either Doth Approve Of Them Or Doth Not Approve Of Them; That Is, He Either Is Willing They Should Be, Or He Is Not Willing They Should Be. But To Will That They Should Be Is To Decree Them.

To Mark All That I Say In Conversation, Merely To Beget In Others, A Good Opinion Of Myself, And Examine It.

But Yet It Is Evident That Religion Consists So Much In Affection, As That Without Holy Affection There Is No True Religion; And No Light In The Understanding Is Good Which Does Not Produce Holy Affection In The Heart: No Habit Or Principle In The Heart Is Good Which Has No Such Exercise; And No External Fruit Is Good Which Does Not Proceed From Such Exercises.

Christ Is The True Light Of The World; It Is Through Him Alone That True Wisdom Is Imparted To The Mind.