To Live With All My Might, While

Grace Is But Glory Begun, And Glory Is But Grace Perfected.

Almost All Men, And Those That Seem To Be Very Miserable, Love Life, Because They Cannot Bear To Lose Sight Of Such A Beautiful And Lovely World. The Ideas, That Every Moment Whilst We Live Have A Beauty That We Take Not Distinct Notice Of, Brings A Pleasure That, When We Come To The Trial, We Had Rather Live In Much Pain And Misery Than Lose.

I Make It My Rule, To Lay Hold Of Light And Embrace It, Wherever I See It, Though Held Forth By A Child Or An Enemy.

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.

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.