“Now, truly there is nothing suitable to the immortal spirit
of man but God; and, therefore, all its happiness or misery must be measured by
the access or recess, nearness or distance, of that infinite goodness.”—Hugh
Binning.
The Goodness of God
“Labor to attain to this estate of being spiritually convinced of the goodness of God, that we may by experience say, ‘It is good for me to draw near to God,’ . . . the more we are convinced of God’s goodness, the better we are; for God’s goodness, tasted and felt by the soul, does ennoble it, as a pearl set in a gold ring makes it the more rich and precious.”—Richard Sibbes (1577–1635) in “The Saints Happiness.”
Contentment
“I will always account myself happy in the favor
of God, although I should have no earthly thing to give me any satisfaction.”—Dr. Cotton Mather.
Resolutions: A Collection of Wisdom.
Resolutions: A Collection of Wisdom.
Spiritual Motivation
“Thus may the terror of the Lord make a Pharisee; but only
the sweet voice of mercy in the gospel, can make a Christian.”—William
Cowper.
Memoir of the Early Life of William CowperWhen God is Near
“When we see and feel that nothing but his favor can make us
happy; then we may be sure the Lord is near.”—John Newton, Twenty-One Letters to Elizabeth Catlett.
Full Assurance
A debtor to Mercy alone,
Of covenant Mercy I sing;
Nor fear, with thy Righteousness on,
My Person and Off ’ring to bring:
The Terrors of Law, and of God,
With me can have nothing to do;
My Saviour’s Obedience and Blood
Hide all my Transgressions from view.
—Augustus Toplady
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