Nothing Harms Or Destroys Us But The

Feasts And Business And Pleasure And Enjoyments Seem Great Things To Us, Whilst We Think Of Nothing Else; But As Soon As We Add Death To Them They All Sink Into An Equal Littleness.

Self Is The Root, The Tree, And The Branches Of All The Evils Of Our Fallen State.

All Our Salvation Consists In The Manifestation Of The Nature, Life And Spirit Of Jesus Christ In Our Inward New Man. This Alone Is Christian Redemption, This Alone Delivers From The Guilt And Power Of Sin, This Alone Redeems And Renews.

God Seeth Different Abilities And Frailties Of Men, Which May Move His Goodness To Be Merciful To Their Different Improvements In Virtue.

Read Whatever Chapter Of Scripture You Will, And Be Ever So Delighted With It - Yet It Will Leave You As Poor, As Empty And Unchanged As It Found You Unless It Has Turned You Wholly And Solely To The Spirit Of God, And Brought You Into Full Union With And Dependence Upon Him.