The more godly a man is, and the more graces and blessings of God are upon him, the more need he hath to pray, because Satan is busiest against him, and because he is readiest to be puffed up with a conceited holiness.
— Richard Greenham
Pride
God the All
I know that thou art the author and finisher of faith,
that the whole work of redemption is thing alone,
that every good work or thought found in me
is the effect of thy power and grace,
that thy sole motive in working in me to will and to do
is for thy good pleasure.
— The Valley of Vision
Our Priorities
If our principal treasure be as we profess, in things spiritual and heavenly, and woe unto us if it be not so! – on them will be our affections, and consequently our desires and thoughts, be principally fixed.
— John Owen
Our Hope
We should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown.
— John Calvin
Christians, Be Holy!
Now, Christians, the more great and glorious things you expect from God, as the downfall of antichrist, the conversion of the Jews, the conquest of the nations to Christ, the breaking of all yokes, the new Jerusalem’s coming down from above, the extraordinary pouring out of the Spirit, and a more general union among all saints, the more holy, yea, the more eminently holy in all your ways and actings it becomes you to be.
— Thomas Brooks
