What coward would not fight when he is sure of victory?

We are only safe when we wisely make use of all good advantages that we have access to. By going out of God's ways we go out of His government, and so lose our good frame of mind, and find ourselves overspread quickly with a contrary disposition. When we draw near to Christ (James 4:8), in His ordinances, He draws near to us.

Self-emptiness prepares us for spiritual fullness.

What coward would not fight when he is sure of victory?

The soul is never quiet till it comes to God . . . and that is the one thing the soul desireth.

When we grow careless of keeping our souls, then God recovers our taste of good things again by sharp crosses.

God's children improve all advantages to advance their grand end; they labour to grow better by blessings and crosses, and to make sanctified use of all things.