Jer. 33: 9; Exod. 34: 6-9. Nothing has such
majesty, and commanding greatness in and upon the hearts of the sons
of men, as has the grace of God. There is nothing overmastereth the
heart like grace, and so obligeth to sincere and unfeigned obedience
as that.
Strong grace makes corruptions weak and strikes them through, laying
them at the point of death, always gasping for life.
Mercy and the revelation thereof is the only antidote against sin.
It is of a thawing nature; it will loose the heart that is frozen up
in sin; yea, it will make the unwilling willing to come to Christ
for life.
Some say, When grace and a good nature meet together, they do make
shining Christians: but I say, When grace and a great sinner meet,
and when grace shall subdue that great sinner to itself, and shall
operate after its kind in the soul of that great sinner, then we
have a shining Christian.
Men may fall by sin, but cannot raise up themselves without the help
of grace.
There were two men that went on pilgrimage; the one began when he
was young, the other when he was old: the young man had strong
corruptions to grapple with, the old man's were weak with the decays
of nature: the young man trode his steps as even as did the old one,
and was every way as light as he.
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