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“Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.”

“The more that the heart of a man is laid in meditation, the more pregnant will his words be in the praise of God.”

“The hearing of the Word may affect us. But the meditating upon it transforms us…”

“Meditating on sin convinces sinners that they’re deliverance is not in themselves. It is in the free, cleansing Grace of Christ.”

“One must consider how sin wreaks havoc wherever it leaves its bloody footprints. Sin harms not only the sinner himself, but also all his human relationships.”

“When we truly see our sin and it’s horrible, heinous nature, then, and only then, will we become completely earnest in fighting it.”

“An object as doth correspondent and… fit to the present temper of thy soul; would practically and concretely help gain victory in Christian warfare.… matters practical are there to be ground for bread to thy soul; they that hunt after fancies do but misemploy their thoughts.”

“To hear and not to meditate is unfruitful. We may hear and hear, but it is like putting a thing into a bag with holes… When God has cast seed into the heart, let not the fowls peck it away.… Immediately begin meditation on it in your hearts… And you will find your memories surprisingly strengthened.… the Word is particularly applied, laid home.”

“Oh my soul, it is thus with me or not?”

“A good heart will find or make its way over mountains of difficulties and business common to have communion with Jesus Christ.”

“Labor to be constant…”