Brooks, Thomas
You that are brought to Christ by the law, do not you judge and condemn them that are brought to Christ by the gospel; and you that are brought to Christ by the gospel, do not despise those that are brought to Christ by the law. [PRASD]
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It is spiritual madness, it is the devil’s logic to argue thus: My sins are great, therefore I will not go to Christ, I dare not rest nor lean on Christ. The soul should reason thus: The greater my sins are, the more I stand in need of mercy, of pardon, and therefore I will go to Christ, who delights in mercy, who pardons sin for his own name’s sake, who is as able and willing to forgive pounds as pence. (Micah 7:18; Isa. 43:25). [PRASD]
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Sin always dies most where faith lives most. The most believing soul is the most mortified soul. [PRASD]
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There is no way on earth effectually to be rid of the guilt, filth, and power of sin, but by believing in a Saviour. [PRASD]
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It is not resolving, it is not complaining, it is not mourning, but believing, that will make thee divinely victorious over that body of sin that to this day is too strong for thee, and that will certainly be thy ruin, if it be not ruined by a hand of faith. [PRASD]
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Ah, sinners! Tell me, tell me, is there anything in Christ to keep you off from believing? No! Is there not everything in Christ that may encourage you to believe in him? Yes! Oh, then believe in him, and then, ‘Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow, though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool’ (Isa. 1:18). [PRASD]
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God hath nowhere in the Scripture required any worthiness in the creature before believing in Christ… None ever received Christ, embraced Christ, and obtained mercy and pardon from Christ, but unworthy souls… If the soul will keep off from Christ till it be worthy, it will never close with Christ, it will never embrace Christ. [PRASD]
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God is a free agent to work by law or gospel, by smiles or frowns, by presenting hell or heaven to sinners’ souls. God thunders from mount Sinai upon some souls, and conquers them by thundering. God speaks to others in a still voice, and by that conquers them. [PRASD]
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It is not so much the sense of your unworthiness, as your pride, that keeps you off from a blessed closing with the Lord Jesus. [PRASD]
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It is folly and madness of many Christians in these days, who will not do many things they may do, because they cannot do everything they should do. [PRASD]