MARCH 18
As Satan turned the heart of man, from the Creator to the creature; so the Son of God turns his heart back again, from the creature to the Creator.
He entrusts us with only an exceeding small share of knowledge in our present state, lest our knowledge should interfere with our humility, and we should again affect to be as gods.
Here then, we see in the clearest, strongest light, what is real religion: a restoration of man, by Christ, not only to the favour, but likewise to the image of God.
The End of Christ’s Coming
One great office of prayer is to increase our desire of the things we ask for.
Notes on the New Testament, Matthew 6:8
