Old Paths In Portrait

“When Satan assaults any poor soul, he suffers nothing to appear to the eye but pleasure, profit, a sweet satisfaction of our desires, and a phantasma of happiness. There is also wrath, and judgment, and torment, and sting of conscience belonging to it! These must be, but these shall not be seen. All the way is white snow, that hides the pit. Green grass tempts us to walk; the serpent is unseen. If temptations, like plaises [a large European flounder] might be turned on both sides, the kingdom of darkness would not be so populous. If David could have foreseen the grief of his broken bones ere he fell upon Bathsheba, those aspersions of blood and lust had not befallen him. If Achan could have foreseen the stones about his ears before he filched those accursed things, he would not have fingered them. But as it is said of Adam and Eve after their fall, ‘Then their eyes were opened;’ then, not before. Judas was blind till he had done the deed, then his eyes were opened, and he saw it in its true horror.”

-Thomas Adams  British Puritan Minister 1580–1653

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Sermons and Readings

Friends: Hear Jim's sermons, 'Psalm 100 Thanksgiving To God' and 'The Lord's Goodness Psalm 100:5', and readings 'Call To Spiritual Battle' and 'Crucial Doctrine and Revival' at: https://www.sermonaudio.com/source_detail.asp?sourceid=jrobinettesermons

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Old Paths in Portrait

“Remember that God is your Lord or Owner: and see that you make an absolute resignation of yourselves and of all that you have, to Him as His own; and use yourselves and all accordingly; trust Him with His own; and rest in His disposals.
 

It is easy, notionally, to know and say that God is our Owner, and we are not our own; but if the habitual, practical knowledge of it were as easy, or as common, the happy effects of it would be the sanctification and reformation of the world.”

-Richard Baxter English Puritan Minister  1615-1691

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“Mark what obedience is expected by men, and what influence government hath upon state and affairs of the world, and what the world would be without it.-And sure this will make you think honorably and delightfully of the government of God. What would a nation be without government but like a company of thieves and lawless murderers? Or like pikes in a pond, that first eat up the other fish, and then devour one another, the greater living upon the less. Bears and wolves would live more quietly together, than ungoverned men (except those few that are truly subject to the government of God). Government maintaineth every mean in his propriety; and keepeth lust and madness form breaking out; and keepeth peace and order in the world. What would a family be without government? Children and servants are kept by it in their proper place and work. Think then how necessary and excellent is the universal government of God.”
 

-Richard Baxter  English Puritan Minister  1615-1691

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Holy Bible, Book Divine  “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God…” 2 Timothy 3:16

“Holy Bible, Book divine,
Precious treasure, thou art mine:
Mine to tell me whence I came;
Mine to teach me what I am.

Mine to chide me when I rove,
Mine to show a Savior's love;
Mine thou art to guide and guard;
Mine to punish or reward.

Mine to comfort in distress,
Suffering in this wilderness;
Mine to show by living faith,
We can triumph over death.

Mine to tell of joys to come,
And the rebel sinner's doom:
O thou holy book divine,
Precious treasure thou art mine.”

-John Burton  British Minister  1773-1813

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