Faith & Trust
Faith abases men, and exalts God; it gives all the glory of redemption to him alone. It is necessary in order to saving faith, that man should be emptied of himself, be sensible that he is wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.
Man hath so much the greater occasion and obligation to notice and acknowledge God’s perfections and all-sufficiency. The greater the creature’s dependence is on God’s perfections, and the greater concern he has with them, so much the greater occasion has he to take notice of them.
God is the great author of it. He is the first cause of it; and not only so, but he is the only proper cause. It is of God that we have our Redeemer. It is God that has provided a Saviour for us.
God is glorified in the work of redemption in this, that there appears in it so absolute and universal a dependence of the redeemed on him.
Prayer is as natural an expression of faith as breathing is of life.
This spiritual light is the dawning of the light of glory in the heart.
The excellency of Christ is an object adequate to the natural cravings of the soul, and is sufficient to fill the capacity. It is an infinite excellency, such an one as the mind desires, in which it can find no bounds.
By constant and diligent attendance, prayer is one of the best means of leading not only a Christian and amiable, but also a pleasant life; a life of much sweet fellowship with Christ.
It is the nature of love to be averse to absence, and to love a near access to those whom we love.
In Christ infinite greatness and infinite goodness meet together, and receive lustre and glory one from another.
The sovereignty of God is his absolute, independent right of disposing of all creatures according to his own pleasure.
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