Free Will Is "corrupted Nature's Deformed Darling,

I Have Known Some Good Men Who Have Been So Addicted To Their Study, That They Have Thought The Last Day Of The Week Sufficient To Prepare For Their Ministry, Though They Employ All The Rest Of The Week In Other Studies. But Your Business Is To Trade With Your Spiritual Abilities. ... A Man May Preach A Very Good Sermon, Who Is Otherwise Himself; But He Will Never Make A Good Minister Of Jesus Christ, Whose Mind And Heart Are Not Always In The Work. Spiritual Gifts Will Require Continual Ruminating On The Things Of The Gospel In Our Minds.

The Duties God Requires Of Us Are Not In Proportion To The Strength We Possess In Ourselves. Rather, They Are Proportional To The Resources Available To Us In Christ. We Do Not Have The Ability In Ourselves To Accomplish The Least Of God's Tasks. This Is The Law Of Grace. When We Recognize It Is Impossible For Us To Perform A Duty In Our Own Strength, We Will Discover The Secret Of Its Accomplishment.

In Or Towards Whomsoever The Holy Spirit Puts Forth His Power, Or Acts His Grace For Their Regeneration, He Removes All Obstacles, Overcomes All Oppositions, And Infallibly Produces The Intended Effect.

The Root Of An Unmortified Course Is The Digestion Of Sin Without Bitterness In The Heart.

There Is Not A Day But Sin Foils Or Is Foiled, Prevails Or Is Prevailed On; And It Will Be So Whilst We Live In This World.