Oh,
therefore, you that know what I say, you that are broke loose from
hell, that are fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before
you, and that do hear the lion roar after you, and that are kept
awake with the continual voice of his chinking chain, cry as you
fly; yea, the promise is, that they that come to God with weeping,
with supplication, he will lead them.
Well, this is one needy time; now thy hedge is low, now thy branch
is tender, now thou art but in the bud. Pray that thou be not marred
in the potter's hand.
XII. THE CHRISTIAN DESCRIBED
HAPPINESS OF THE CHRISTIAN
O HOW happy is he who is not only a visible, but also an invisible
saint! He shall not be blotted out the book of God's eternal grace
and mercy.
DIGNITY OF THE CHRISTIAN
There are a generation of men in the world, that count themselves
men of the largest capacities, when yet the greatest of their
desires lift themselves no higher than to things below. If they can
with their net of craft and policy encompass a bulky lump of earth,
Oh, what a treasure have they engrossed to themselves!
Meanwhile, the man who comes to God by Christ, has laid siege to
heaven, has found out the way to get into the city, and is resolved,
in and by God's help, to make that his own.
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