Oh despise not election! therein lies all your hope, that there is a remnant who shall infallibly be saved.
Thomas GoodwinWe have the promise of God's being our God, and of the blessing by Christ for ourselves, as we are Abraham's seed, yet take the whole promise collectively made to him and us.
Thomas GoodwinOur prayers are granted as soon as we have prayed, even though the process of fulfilling our requests has not yet begun.
Thomas GoodwinWhat a wonder is it, that two natures infinitely distant, should be more intimately united than anything in the world; and yet without any confusion! That the same person should have both a glory and a grief; an infinite joy in the Deity, and an inexpressible sorrow in the humanity! That a God upon a throne should be an infant in a cradle; the thundering Creator be a weeping babe and a suffering man, are such expressions of mighty power, as well as condescending love, that they astonish men upon earth, and angels in heaven.
Thomas Goodwin