INSIGHTS & NOTES FROM
CHAPTER 16
"Sins are not only provocations which God is angry at, but abominations which he hates, as contrary to his nature, & which we ought to hate." "God took them to be his people, not because he saw any thing in them inviting or promising, but so it seemed good in his sight." "Those shall live to whom God commands life." "By converting grace, he says to the soul, Live." "Those to whom God gives spiritual life he takes into covenant with himself" "Those whom God takes into covenant with himself are fed with the bread of life, clothed with the robe of righteousness, adorned with the graces & comforts of the spirit." "Sanctified souls are truly beautiful; they are so in God's sight, & they themselves may take the comfort of it. But God must have all the glory, for they were by nature deformed & polluted, &, whatever comeliness they have, it is that which God has put upon them & beautified them with, & he will be well pleased with the work of his own hands." "Their idolatry was the great provoking sin that they were guilty of" "Abundance of young people are ruined by pride & particularly pride in their beauty" "...is whoredom, is spiritual whoredom, a small matter?" "It will be a great matter." "Those that in sincerity join themselves to the true God find enough in him for their satisfaction; &, though they will desire more of God, yet they never desire more than God. But those that forsake this living fountain for broken cisterns will find themselves soon surfeited, but never satisfied." "Those who will not hear the commanding word of the Lord & obey it shall be made to hear the condemning word of the Lord & shall tremble at it." "When we begin to be at war with sin God will be at peace with us" "When sin departs God's jealousy will soon depart" "Pride was the first sin that turned angels into devils, & the garden of the Lord into a hell upon earth." "Idleness is an inlet to much sin." "There is nothing in sin which we have more reason to be ashamed of than this, that by our sin we have encouraged others in sin, & comforted them in that for which they must be grieved or they are undone." "Those are but preparing judgments for themselves that will not take notice of God's judgments upon others." "Those that disgrace themselves by yielding to their lusts will justly be brought into disgrace by being made to yield to their enemies" "Those that will not cast off their sins by repentance & reformation shall be made to bear their sins to their confusion." "Those that will not adhere to God as their God have no reason to expect that he should continue to own them as his people." "Those who do as the worst of sinners do must expect to fare as they fear." "He that bids us to be ever mindful of the covenant no doubt will himself be ever mindful of it" "God's good-work in us commences & keeps pace with his good-will towards us." "Those that rightly remember their sins will be truly ashamed of them" "God is in Jesus Christ pacified towards us; he is our peace, & it is by his cross that we are reconciled, & in his gospel that God is reconciling the world to himself." "...the more our shame for sin is increased by the sense of pardoning mercy the more will our comfort in God be increased." CHAPTER 17 "Ministers should study to find out acceptable words & try various methods to do good" "Nations by sin sell their liberty, & princes their dignity, & profane their crowns by casting them to the ground." "See how gradually the judgments of god came upon this provoking people, how God gave them respite & so gave them space to repent." "God can bring great things to pass without much ado. He needs not great power & many people to effect his purposes; a handful will serve if he pleases." "Perjury is a heinous sin & highly provoking to the God of heaven." "Men will justly be forced upon that calamity which they endeavour by sin to flee from." "Sooner or later God's word will prove itself; & those who will not believe shall find by experiences the reality & weight of it." "...the unbelief of man shall not invalidate the promise of God." "...who can pluck up what God will plant?" "All the enemies of Christ shall be abased & made his footstool, & his interests shall be confirmed & advanced: I The Lord have spoken it... & I have done it, that is, I will do it in due time, but it is as sure to be done as if it were done already." "What he has spoken, we may be sure that he will do, nor shall one iota or tittle of his word fall to the ground, for he is not a man, that he should lie, or the son of man, that he should repent either of his threatenings or of his promises." CHAPTER 18 "God does not punish the children for the fathers' sins unless they tread in their fathers' steps & fill up the measure of their iniquity" "Let us subscribe to his interest in us & dominion over us." "He that makes conscience of conforming in every thing to the will of God, that makes it his business to serve God & his aim to glorify God, shall without fail be happy here & for ever in the love & favour of God" "He is careful to keep himself clean from the pollutions of sin, & at a distance from all the appearances of evil." "It is an essential branch of wisdom & justice to keep the appetites of the body always in subjection to reason & virtue." "Keep the commandments, & thou shalt enter into life. Matthew 19:27." "While we are in this world we are in a state of probation; the time of trial lasts as long as the time of life, & according as we are found at last it will be with us to eternity." "Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? No doubt he shall; he cannot do otherwise." "In all our disputes with God, & in all his controversies with us, it will be found that his ways are equal, but ours are unequal, that he is in the right & we are in the wrong." "We must repent; we must change our mind & change our ways; we must be sorry for what we have done amiss & ashamed of it, & go as far as we can towards the undoing of it again." "What an absurd thing it is for you to choose death & damnation rather than life & salvation." "The God of heaven has no delight in our ruin, but desires our welfare." "Turn yourselves, & live." CHAPTER 19
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September 2023
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