Although believers by nature are far from God, and children of wrath, even as others, yet it is amazing to think how nigh they are brought to him again by the blood of Jesus Christ.

No, the religion of Jesus is a social religion.

The great and important duty which is incumbent on Christians, is to guard against all appearance of evil; to watch against the first risings in the heart to evil; and to have a guard upon our actions, that they may not be sinful, or so much as seem to be so.

For it pleased God, after he had made all things by the word of his power, to create man after his own image.

The renewal of our natures is a work of great importance. It is not to be done in a day. We have not only a new house to build up, but an old one to pull down.

The Lord Jesus sits in heaven, ruling over all, and causing all things to work for his children's good.

Let us, therefore, not be weary of well-doing; for we shall reap an eternal harvest of comfort, if we faint not.