INSIGHTS & NOTES FROM
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"It is the Lord that is to be blessed & spoken well of; for he is the fountain of all good, whatever are the channels or cisterns; it is to his name, his holy name, that we are to consecrate our praise, giving thanks at the remembrance of his holiness." "...as for God, his work is perfect & not done by halves; if God take away the guilt of sin by pardoning mercy, he will break the power of it by renewing grace." "What is the crown of glory but God's favour?" "...it is only the favour & grace of God that can give satisfaction to a soul, can suit its capacities, supply its needs, & answer to its desires." "Divine revelation is one of the first & greatest of divine favours with which the church is blessed; for God restores us to himself by revealing himself to us, & gives us all good by giving us knowledge." "It is my way, says God, to pardon sin." "God's mercy is thus great towards those that fear him, not towards those that trifle with him." "The sins of believers shall be remembered no more... If we thoroughly forsake them, God will thoroughly forgive them." "Those only shall have the benefit of God's promises that make conscience of his precepts." "Blessing God & giving him glory must be the alpha & the omega of all our services." "God's praise is a subject that will never be exhausted, & therefore we must never think this work done till we come to heaven, where it will be for ever in the doing." CHAPTER 104 "...God makes the clouds his chariots, in which he rides strongly, swiftly, & far above out of the reach of opposition, when at any time he will act by uncommon providences in the government of this world." "He commands the winds, directs them as he pleases, & serves his own purposes by them." "Does God provide thus for the inferior creatures; & will he not himself be a refuge & dwelling-place to his own people?" "Every creature has as necessary a dependence upon God's favours..." "Man's glory is fading; God's glory is everlasting." "Because we have our being from God, & depend upon him for the support & continuance of it, as long as we live & have our being we must continue to praise God" "Divine meditation is a very sweet duty to all that are sanctified." "All my joys shall centre in him, & in him they shall be full." "Those that oppose the God of power, & fight against him, will certainly be consumed; none can prosper that harden themselves against the Almighty." CHAPTER 105 "We must give thanks to him, as one who has always been our bountiful benefactor & requires only that we give him thanks for his favours - poor returns for rich receivings." "God's wondrous works ought to be the subject of our familiar discourses with our families & friends, & we should talk of them as we sit in the house & as we go by the way (Deut. 6:7), not merely for entertainment, but for the exciting of devotion, & the encouraging of our own & others' faith & hope in God." "Those that would be strengthened in the inward man must fetch in strength from God by faith & prayer." "You are God's church upon earth, &, if you do not praise him, who should?" "The earth is full of the proofs of his power." "God's chosen are but a little flock, few, very few, & yet upheld." "God is jealous for his prophets; whoso touches them touches the apple of his eye." "There is a time set when God's word will come for the comfort of all that trust in it. Habbakuk 2:3." "God can & will make his church a burdensome stone to all that heave at it & seek to displace it, so that those shall think themselves happy that get out of its way. Zechariah 12:3." "We are therefore made, maintained, & redeemed, that we may live in obedience to the will of God" "God done so much for us, & yet does he expect so little from us? Praise you the Lord." CHAPTER 106 "Give him the glory of his greatness, his mighty acts..." "They are so many that they cannot be numbered, so mysterious that they cannot be described; when we have said the most we can of the mighty acts of the Lord, the one half is not told; still there is more to be said; it is a subject that cannot be exhausted." "God's people are those whose principles are sound - They keep judgment... they do righteousness, are just to God & to all men, & herein they are steady & constant; they do it at all times, in all manner of conversation, at every turn, in every instance, & herein persevering to the end." "God's people are called his chosen, his nation, his inheritance; for he has set them apart for himself, incorporated them under his own government, is served by them & glorified in them." "We lose the benefit of providences for want of understanding them." "Quarreling with God's providence, & questioning his power, goodness, & faithfulness, are as great provocations to him as any whatsoever." "The power of the God of grace in pardoning sin & sparing sinners is as much to be admired as the power of the God of nature in dividing the waters." "See in what a gracious & merciful way God sometimes silences the unbelief of his people, & turns their fears into praises; & so it is written, Those that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, & those that murmured shall learn doctrine. Isaiah h9:24." "They forgot God their Saviour; that is, they forgot that he had been their Saviour. Those that forget the works of God forget God himself, who makes himself known by his works." "They waited not for his counsel, did not attend his word, though they had Moses to be his mouth to them" "Those that will not wait for God's counsel shall justly be given up to their own hearts' lusts, to walk in their own counsels." "Many that fare deliciously every day, & whose bodies are healthful & fat, have, at the same time, leanness in their souls, no love to God, no thankfulness, no appetite to the bread of life, & then the soul must needs be lean." "See here the mercy of God, & how easily his anger is turned away, even from a provoking people. See the power of prayer, & the interest which God's chosen have in heaven." "Is the honour of saints to be zealous against sin." "...the way of sin is down-hill; omissions make way for commissions" "He abhorred his own inheritance, which once he had taken pleasure in; yet the change was not in him, but in them. This is the worst thing in sin, that it makes us loathsome to God; & the nearer any are to God in profession the more loathsome are they if they rebel against him, like a dunghill at, our door." "Those that by sin disparage themselves, & will not by repentance humble themselves, are justly debased, & humbled, & brought low, by the judgments of God." "God can change lions into lambs, &,
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September 2023
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