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Luke 14:16-24, “The true reason why they would not come to the supper that the King of Kings has invited them to was, not because they had bought farms and oxen, but because their farms and oxen had bought them.” - Brooks

“Without a doubt, they have very great cause to question whether they are Christ’s real friends, favorites, children, spouse, when seldom or never converse with Christ in their closets, who are shy of Christ when they are alone, who never accustom themselves to give Christ secret visits.” - Thomas Brooks

“Oh, the power of private prayer! It has a kind of omnipotency in it; it takes God captive; it holds him as a prisoner; it binds the hands of the Almighty; yes, it will wring a mercy, a blessing, out of the hand of heaven itself”. - Thomas Brooks

“When a Christian is in the wilderness, which is a very solitary place, then God delights to speak friendly and comfortably to him.” - Thomas Brooks

“This is the great promise - the sum and substance of all the promises: ‘I will be their God, and they shall be my people’ (Jer 31:33)” … “This promise is heaven, the very heaven of heavens.” - George Swinnock

"The only thing that can be known of God is that He can never be fully known." - Swinnock

“God is incomparable. The truth of this doctrine is clearly evident when we consider His being, attributes, works, and words.” - Swinnock

"Do you hand and heart tremble? Upon you the promise smiles. 'To this man will I look,' says God, 'even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at My word' (Isa. 66:2)." - Bunyan

“Jesus Christ would have mercy offered, in the first place, to the biggest sinners to stir up others to come to Him for life. This is not the manner of men … But David saw this quickly; therefore he makes this one argument with God, that he would blot out his transgressions, that he would forgive his adultery, murders, and horrible hypocrisy. Do it, O Lord, and ‘then will I teach transgressors thy ways.’”

“Great sinners are the most shining monuments of the exceeding grace of God.” - Bunyan

“As bread to the hungry, as water to the thirsty, as light to the blind, and liberty to the imprisoned; so, and a thousand times more, is Jesus Christ to the wounded, and to them that are broken-hearted.” - John Bunyan

“The heart must be broken before man can come to good.” - Bunyan

“What an amazing wonder it is to think that, above all the world, and above everybody in it, these (those in Jerusalem who crucified Him) should have the first offer of mercy! ‘Beginning at Jerusalem.’” - Bunyan