The Godly Are Designed For

Grace Is But Glory Begun, And Glory Is But Grace Perfected.

Surely There Is Something In The Unruffled Calm Of Nature That Overawes Our Little Anxieties And Doubts; The Sight Of The Deep-blue Sky And The Clustering Stars Above Seems To Impart A Quiet To The Mind.

Whether God Has Decreed All Things That Ever Come To Pass Or Not, All That Own The Being Of A God, Own That He Knows All Things Beforehand. Now, It Is Self-evident That If He Knows All Things Beforehand, He Either Doth Approve Of Them Or Doth Not Approve Of Them; That Is, He Either Is Willing They Should Be, Or He Is Not Willing They Should Be. But To Will That They Should Be Is To Decree Them.

But Yet It Is Evident That Religion Consists So Much In Affection, As That Without Holy Affection There Is No True Religion; And No Light In The Understanding Is Good Which Does Not Produce Holy Affection In The Heart: No Habit Or Principle In The Heart Is Good Which Has No Such Exercise; And No External Fruit Is Good Which Does Not Proceed From Such Exercises.

True Salvation Always Produces An Abiding Change Of Nature In A True Convert. Therefore, Whenever Holiness Of Life Does Not Accompany A Confession Of Conversion, It Must Be Understood That This Individual Is Not A Christian.