08 September 2013

religion of the closet

"It is the nature of true grace that, however it loves Christian society in its place, yet in a peculiar manner it delights in retirement and secret converse with God. So that, if persons appear greatly engaged in social religion, and but little with the religion of the closet, and are often highly affected when with others, and but little moved when they have none but God and Christ to converse with, it looks very darkly upon their religion." ~Jonathan Edwards

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