The 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.

For a soul to come to Jesus, is the grandest event in its history.

O miserable man, what a deformed monster has sin made you! God made you "little lower than the angels"; sin has made you little better than the devils

Converting grace puts God on the throne, and the world at His footstool; Christ in the heart, and the world under Hisfeet.

There is no surer evidence of an unconverted state than to have the things of the world uppermost in our aim, love, and estimation.

Come from your knees to the sermon, and come from the sermon to your knees

Do not stand still disputing about your election - but set to repenting and believing. Cry to God for converting grace. Revealed things belong to you; in these busy yourself. Whatever God's purposes may be, I am sure His promises are true. Whatever the decrees of heaven may be, I am sure if I repent and believe I shall be saved.