Praising God is one of the highest and purest acts of religion. In prayer we act like men; in praise we act like angels.
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Heaven will make amends – Thomas Watson
Heaven will make amends for all!
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Mercy outweighs affliction – Thomas Watson
Our mercies far outweigh our afflictions. For one affliction—we have a thousand mercies! The sea of God’s mercy swallows up our few drops of affliction!
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Christians are to be happy at their death – Thomas Watson
See how happy are God’s saints at their death! They go to a kingdom! They see God’s face, which shines ten thousand times brighter than the sun in its meridian glory! They enter eternal glory, which is the quintessence of all delights!
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Throne of Grace – Thomas Watson
Christ went more willingly to the cross than we do to the throne of grace.
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Focus on God’s mercy – Thomas Watson
Do not look upon your troubles as to forget your mercies.
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Seeming Peace of Sinners – Thomas Watson
The seeming peace a sinner has is not from the knowledge of his happiness but the ignorance of his danger.
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Delay of Repentance – Thomas Watson
By the delay of repentance, sin strengthens, and the heart hardens. The longer ice freezeth, the harder it is to be broken.
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Mercy is God’s Nature – Thomas Watson
God is more willing to pardon than to punish. Mercy does more multiply in Him than sin in us. Mercy is His nature.
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