So that Christ and his faithful ministers, through the operation of the blessed Spirit, are co-workers together.

Yet without Him we can do nothing: our strength is his strength, and his is all the glory from first to last.
"It is my heart's prayer and desire, sir, that you may, by a living faith, cleave close to that blessed exalted Lamb of God, who died to redeem us from sin--that you may have a sweet communion with Father, Son, and Spirit--that you may sink deep in love and rise high in the life of God.

Thus will you have such discoveries of the beauties of Christ and his eternal glory, as will fill your heart with true delight.
"If I am not deceived, I wish myself to enjoy his gracious favour, more than all the treasures which earth can afford.

I would, in comparison, look upon them with holy disdain, and as not worth an anxious thought, that they may not have power on my heart, to draw or attract it from God, who is worthy of my highest esteem, and of all my affections.

It should be our endeavour to set Him always before us, that in all things we may act as in his immediate presence; that we may be filled with that holy fear, so that we may not dare wilfully to sin against Him.