How many souls have been blown into hell with the wind of popular applause?

Let us then ascribe the whole work of grace to the pleasure of God's Will. God did not choose us because we were worthy, but by choosing us He makes us worthy.

How many souls have been blown into hell with the wind of popular applause?

God will not be behind-hand in love to us: for our drop, we shall receive an ocean.

Prayer delights God's ear; it melts His heart; and opens His hand. God cannot deny a praying soul.

The pleasure of sin is soon gone, but the sting remains.

[Concerning the Word preached:] Do we prize it in our judgments? Do we receive in into our hearts? Do we fear the loss of the Word preached more than the loss of peace and trade? Is it the removal of the ark that troubles us? Again, do we attend to the Word with reverential devotion? When the judge is giving the charge on the bench, all attend. When the Word is preached, the great God is giving us his charge. Do we listen to it as to a matter of life and death? This is a good sign that we love the Word.