Self-Examination

“Beloved, do not be your own betrayers. Do not deceive your own hearts, nor set your hands to your own ruin by a willful blinding of yourselves. Set up a tribunal in your own breasts. Bring the Word and conscience together. 'To the law and to the testimony.' [Isa 8:20] Hear what the Word concludes of your state. Oh follow the search until you find how the case stands. Make a mistake here—and you perish! And, such is the treachery of the heart, the subtlety of the temper, and the deceitfulness of sin—all conspiring to flatter and deceive the poor soul; and so common and easy it is to make a mistake, that it is a thousand to one that you will be deceived, unless you are very careful and thorough and impartial in the inquiry into your spiritual condition. ~ A Sure Guide to Heaven by Joseph Alleine”

“I do not understand how a man can be a true believer unto whom sin is not the greatest burden, sorrow, and trouble.”

“It is easier to cry against one thousand sins of others than to kill one of your own.”

“The Lord's Supper is a love-feast.”

“Nothing could fasten Jesus to the cross but the golden link of love.”

“Godliness is the sacred impression and workmanship of God in a man, whereby from being carnal he is made spiritual.”

“Godliness consists in an exact harmony between holy principles and practices.”

“Reason makes us men; godliness makes us earthly angels.”

“Weeds grow by themselves; flowers are planted.”

“Counterfeit piety is double iniquity.”

“The latter days of churches are always perilous days, days full of danger.”

“Unless we are upon our watch and guard, and cry mightily unto God for help and assistance, we shall be all overtaken with perils and dangers in the days wherein we live.”

“How shall a man know if he has a true and special interest in Christ, and whether he may lay claim justly to God's favour and salvation?”