Blessed be God that Thou hast filled the soul of Thy servant with joy and peace in believing.

Blessed be God that Thou hast filled the soul of Thy servant with joy and peace in believing.

I am now going from a prison to a palace: I have finished my work, and am now going to receive my wages.

First, draw off your hearts, because Jesus Christ, the Head, is risen and ascended upon high, and there sits at the right hand of His Father; and if the Head is in heaven, where should the members be but where the Head is? Shall Christ our Head be in heaven, and shall our hearts, which are His members, lie groveling on the ground and panting after the dust of the earth, making all our inquiry and labor after these? 'If Christ our Head be risen, seek those things that are above, where Christ sits at God's right hand.'

He hath desired to bring the souls of other men to heaven; let his soul be brought to heaven.

The internal call is when the Spirit of God accompanies the outward administration of the Word to call a man from ignorance to knowledge, and a state of nature to a state of grace.

If the Lord should bring a wicked man to heaven, heaven would be hell to him; for he who loves not grace upon earth will never love it in heaven