with the true convert, holiness is woven into all his powers, principles, and practice.

While we keep aloof in general statements, there is little fruit to be expected; it is the hand-fight that does execution.

A man may as well hew marble without tools, or paint without colors or instruments, or build without materials, as perform any acceptable service without the graces of the Spirit, which are both the materials and instruments in the work.

Christ does not control his subjects by force, but is King of a willing people. They are, through His grace, freely devoted to His service.

It is one thing to have sin alarmed only by convictions, and another to have it crucified by converting grace. Many, because they have been troubled in conscience for their sins, think well of their case, miserably mistaking conviction for conversion.

A man may as certainly miscarry by his seeming righteousness and supposed graces, as by gross sins; and that is, when a man doth trust in these as his righteousness before God, for the satisfying His justice, appeasing His wrath, procuring His favor, and obtaining his own pardon.

Two sorts of peace are more to be dreaded than all the troubles in the world — peace with sin, and peace in sin.