What then is holiness? Holiness is nothing but the implanting, writing and living out of the gospel in our souls (Eph 4:24).

He that hath slight thoughts of sin, never had great thoughts of God.

See in the meantime that your faith brings forth obedience, and God in due time will cause it to bring forth peace.

What then is holiness? Holiness is nothing but the implanting, writing and living out of the gospel in our souls (Eph 4:24).

It is the Spirit alone that can mortify sin; he is promised to do it, and all other means without him are empty and vain. How shall he, then, mortify sin that has not the Spirit? A man may easier see without eyes, speak without a tongue, than truly mortify one sin without the Spirit.

The more I see of the glory of Christ, the more the painted beauties of this world will wither in my eyes.

If we would talk less and pray more about them, things would be better than they are in the world: at least, we should be better enabled to bear them.