Speak To Your People As To Men

I Tell You Again, God Hath Not Ordinarily Decreed The End Without The Means; And If You Will Neglect The Means Of Salvation, It Is A Certain Mark That God Hath Not Decreed You To Salvation. But You Shall Find That He Hath Left You No Excuse, Because He Hath Not Thus Predestined You.

It Is Not The Reading Of Many Books Which Is Necessary To Make A Man Wise Or Good, But The Well-reading Of A Few, Could He Be Sure To Have The Best. And It Is Not Possible To Read Over Many On The Same Subject Without A Great Deal Of Loss Of Precious Time.

In Hell, Sinners Shall Forever Lay All The Blame On Their Own Wills. Hell Is A Rational Torment By Conscience.

We Must Feel Toward Our People As A Father Toward His Children; Yea, The Most Tender Love Of A Mother Must Not Surpass Ours. We Must Even Travail In Birth, Till Christ Be Formed In Them. They Should See That We Care For No Outward Thing, Neither Liberty, Nor Honor, Nor Life, In Comparison To Their Salvation... When The People See That You Truly Love Them, They Will Hear Anything From You...oh Therefore, See That You Feel A Tender Love For Your People In Your Hearts, And Let Them Perceive It In Your Speech And Conduct. Let Them See That You Spend And Are Spent For Their Sakes.

Sit Not Down Without Assurance. Get Alone, And Bring Thy Heart To The Bar Of Trial; Force It To Answer The Interrogatories Put To It; Set The Qualifications Of The Saints On One Side, And The Qualifications Of Thy Soul On The Other Side, And Then Judge What Resemblance There Is Between Them.