Conversion is not a repairing of the old building, but it takes all down, and erects a new structure... The sincere Christian is quite a new fabric, from the foundation to the top-stone. He is a new man, a new creature; all things are become new. Conversion is a deep work, a heart work. It makes a new man in a new world. It extends to the whole man, to the mind, to the members, to the motions of the whole life.
Joseph AlleineWhile we keep aloof in general statements, there is little fruit to be expected; it is the hand-fight that does execution.
Joseph AlleineThe unsound convert takes Christ by halves. He is all for the salvation of Christ, but is not for sanctification. He is for the privileges, but does not appropriate the person of Christ.
Joseph AlleineThere is no surer evidence of an unconverted state than to have the things of the world uppermost in our aim, love, and estimation.
Joseph Alleine