A Mediator, Strong and Mighty

Ye may yourself ebb and flow, but your Lord is this day as He was yesterday. And it is your comfort that your salvation is not rolled upon wheels of your own making, neither have ye to do with a Christ of your own shaping: God hath singled out a Mediator, strong and mighty; if ye and your burdens were as heavy as ten hills or hells, he is able to bear you, and save you to the uttermost.

—Samuel Rutherford

The Leading Mercy of All

It is true, the leading mercy of all, is God himself, Christ himself, the Spirit himself; one God in three Persons, is their God; made over to them in that word, "I will be your God." Here is the fountain-mercy of all mercies, of which they may sing, saying, "This God is our God for ever and ever, and will be our guide even unto death." And indeed to sing of mercy, is to sing of a merciful God.

—Ralph Erskine

Won by Love

Man is won by love: "With meekness instruct those that oppose themselves" (2 Tim. ii. 25). This is like the small rain upon the tender grass.

—Thomas Manton