The More We Pay For

They, Therefore, Who Are Hasty In Their Devotions And Think A Little Will Do, Are Strangers Both To The Nature Of Devotion And The Nature Of Man; They Do Not Know That They Are To Learn To Pray, And That Prayer Is To Be Learnt As They Learn Other Things, By Frequency, Constancy, And Perseverance.

This, And This Alone, Is Christianity, A Universal Holiness In Every Part Of Life, A Heavenly Wisdom In All Our Actions, Not Conforming To The Spirit And Temper Of The World But Turning All Worldly Enjoyments Into Means Of Piety And Devotion To God.

God Seeth Different Abilities And Frailties Of Men, Which May Move His Goodness To Be Merciful To Their Different Improvements In Virtue.

As All Types And Figures In The Law Were But Empty Shadows Without The Coming Of Christ, So The New Testament Is But A Dead Letter Without The Holy Spirit In Redeemed Men As The Living Power Of A Full Salvation.

Man Needs To Be Saved From His Own Wisdom As Much As From His Own Righteousness, For They Produce One And The Same Corruption. Nothing Saves A Man From His Own Righteousness, But That Which Delivers Him From His Own Wisdom.