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Regarding David, “…and when he resolved to kill Nabal and all his family, which was a wicked and carnal passion, in which there was nothing but flesh; yet when he was stopped by the advice and discreet counsel of Abigail, we see how presently he yielded. 1 Samuel 25:32ff. There is a kind of perpetual tenderness of conscience in God’s people.”

“Because we must not bear false witness, as not against others, much less against ourselves. Many help Satan, the accuser, and plead his cause against the Spirit, their comforter, in refusing to see what God sees in them. We must make conscience of this, to know the good as well as the evil,…”

“I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine”

“Men are not afraid of their thoughts, affections, desires, and inward delights of their soul because there is no eye of justice upon them, but if they did consider that the all-seeing God did observe these inward evils and would call them to account one day for them then they would be as well afraid to think ill as to do ill”

Re: confessing sin:

“…we give God the honor of his wisdom in knowing our own condition.”

“We shame Satan, who first takes away shame of sinning, & then takes away shame of sin. He tempts us not to be ashamed to do that we are ashamed to confess, so we, by silence, keep Satan’s counsel against our own souls. If we accuse ourselves, we put him out of his office who is the accuser of the brethren’.”

“God makes his church lovely, planteth good things therein, & then stirs up in her good desires: both fitness to pray from an inward gracious disposition, & holy desires; after which, Christ hearing the voice of His own Spirit in her, & regarding his own preparations, he answers them graciously.”

Like a husband he delights to hear us pray. Song of Songs 2:14. He adds incense to our prayers Rev. 8:3