The Best Prayers Have Often More Groans

Yet My Great-grandfather Was But A Water-man, Looking One Way And Rowing Another: And I Got Most Of My Estate By The Same Occupation.

He That Lives In Sin And Looks For Happiness Hereafter Is Likehimthat Soweth Cockleand Thinkstofill Hisbarnwith Wheat Or Barley.

The Swamp Of Despond Is That Place Set Before The Narrow Gate Where True And False Pilgrims Alike Are Assaulted By Their Own Internal Corruption And Pollution. The Dirt And Scum That Has Attached Itself To Our Hearts And Minds Is Agitated And Revealed By Both The Workings Of A Guilty Conscience And The Devouring Avarice Of The Enemy Of Our Souls.the

Great Sins Do Draw Out Great Grace; And Where Guilt Is Most Terrible And Fierce, There The Mercy Of God In Christ, When Showed To The Soul, Appears Most High And Mighty.

A Sensible Thanksgiving For Mercies Received Is A Mighty Prayer In The Spirit Of God. It Prevails With Him Unspeakably.