What They Said

“Christians, rest not till you can call this, rest your own, sit not down without assurance, get alone, and question with thyself; bring thy heart to the bar of trial, force it to answer the interrogatories put to it, set the conditions of the gospel and qualifications of the saints on one side, and thy performance of those conditions and the qualifications of thy soul on the other side, and then judge how near they resemble.”


“Yet, be sure thou judge by a true touchstone, and mistake not the scripture description of a saint, that thou neither acquit nor condemn thyself upon mistakes : for, as. groundless hopes do tend to confusion and are the greatest cause of most men's damnation; so groundless doubtings do tend to discomforts, and are the great cause of the disquieting of the saints.”