Whatever Man Uses Without The Fear Of

For Even These Are No Less Bestowed On Him Of Pure Grace, Than Are Righteousness And Salvation Themselves.

Heart-suffering Because Of Sin Is The Best Proof That The Holy Spirit Dwells In Your Heart.

Yet, So Far From Laboring To Know The Forbidden Tree Of Worldly Pleasures And Its Various Fruits, Man Gives Himself Up To A Careless And Thoughtless State Of Life, And Yields To The Lust Of The Flesh, Not Considering That This Lust Is Really The Forbidden Tree.

Whatever Man Uses Without The Fear Of God, Whatever He Applies To The Mere Gratifying Of His Flesh, Cannot Fail To Operate As A Poison To The Soul, However Pleasant And Salutary It May Appear To Be To The Body.

It Certainly Is The Duty Of Every True Christian, To Esteem Himself A Stranger And Pilgrim In This World; And As Bound To Use Earthly Blessings, Not As Means Of Satisfying Lust Or Gratifying Wantonness, But Of Supplying His Absolute Wants And Necessities.