Birth: 1760 Death: 1832
Multitudes of words are neither an argument of clear ideas in the writer, nor a proper means of conveying clear notions to the reader..
But this Christ or Redeemer took not upon him the nature of angels, but the seed of Abraham, that is, human nature, that in the nature which sinned h….
To be filled with God, is a great thing; to be filled with the fulness of God, is still greater; to be filled with all the fulness of God, is greates….
Death to a good man is but passing through a dark entry, out of one little dusky room of his Father's house into another that is fair and large, ligh….
Even papists could not see that a moral evil was detained in the soul through its physical connection with the body; and that it required the dissolu….
All abuse and waste of God's creatures are spoil and robbery on the property of the Creator..
Now an infinite happiness cannot be purchased by any price less than that which is infinite in value; and infinity of merit can only result from a na….
Man may be considered as having a twofold origin - natural, which is common and the same to all - patronymic, which belongs to the various families o….
We communicate happiness to others not often by great acts of devotion and self-sacrifice, but by the absence of fault-finding and censure, by being ….
They who pray not, know nothing of God, and know nothing of the state of their own souls..
Whether the family of the Clarkes were of Norman extraction cannot be easily ascertained..
This perfection is the restoration of man to the state of holiness from which he fell, by creating him anew in Christ Jesus, and restoring to him tha….
He who is completely sanctified, or cleansed from all sin, and dies in this state, is fit for glory..
Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility..
Matthew being a constant attendant on our Lord, his history is an account of what he saw and heard; and, being influenced by the Holy Spirit, his his….
If you go forward in the spirit of the original apostles and followers of Jesus Christ, trusting not in man but in the living God, he will enable you….
The grand obstacle to the salvation of the scribes and Pharisees was their pride, vanity and self-love. They lived on each other's praise. If they ha….
As preachers of the gospel of Jesus, do not expect worldly honors: these Jesus Christ neither took to himself, nor gave to his disciples..
It is the grace of God, that shows and condemns the sin that humbles us..
Remember that the word of God is not sent to particular persons, as if by name; and do not think you have no part in it, because you are not named th….
There is no such thing as chance or accident; the words merely signify our ignorance of some real and immediate cause..