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We Cannot Believe That The Church Of God Is Already Possessed Of All That Light Which God Intends To Give It; Nor That All Satan's Lurking Places Have Already Been Found Out.

The Surest Way To Know Our Gold, Is To Look Upon It And Examine It In God's Furnace, Where He Tries It That We May See What It Is. If We Have A Mind To Know Whether A Building Stands Strong Or Not, We Must Look Upon It When The Wind Blows. If We Would Know Whether A Staff Be Strong, Or A Rotten, Broken Reed, We Must Observe It When It Is Leaned On And Weight Is Borne Upon It. If We Would Weigh Ourselves Justly We Must Weigh Ourselves In God's Scales That He Makes Use Of To Weigh Us.

He That Lives A Prayerless Life, Lives Without God In The World.

God Is The Highest Good Of The Reasonable Creature. The Enjoyment Of Him Is Our Proper; And Is The Only Happiness With Which Our Souls Can Be Satisfied. To Go To Heaven, Fully To Enjoy God, Is Infinitely Better Than The Most Pleasant Accommodations Here. Better Than Fathers And Mothers, Husbands, Wives, Or Children, Or The Company Of Any, Or All Earthly Friends. These Are But Shadows; But The Enjoyment Of God Is The Substance. These Are But Scattered Beams; But God Is The Sun. These Are But Streams; But God Is The Fountain. These Are But Drops, But God Is The Ocean.

Spiritual Delight In God Arises Chiefly From His Beauty And Perfection, Not From The Blessings He Gives Us.