I confess myself a sinner still and though I am not much tempted to outward gross acts of iniquity, yet inward corruptions and Spiritual wickedness continually harass and perplex my soul and often make me cry out, "O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?" (Romans 7:24) My inward corruptions are not yet removed; though I once hoped that I should soon get rid of them. All I can do is to look to Jesus through them all; cling fast to His wounded side; long to be clothed with His righteousness; pray Him to plead my cause against these Spiritual enemies that rise up against me! And though I feel myself leprous from head to foot—I believe that I am clean through the Word which He has spoken unto me. In short, I rejoice, not that my inward corruptions are always subdued in me (for, alas! I find they are often too strong for me to control) but because my name is written in Heaven.

I am daily more and more convinced that the promises of God to His people are absolute. I desire to build my eternal hopes on the free electing love of God in Christ Jesus to my soul before the world began, which I can experimentally and feelingly say He has delivered me from the lowest hell! He has plucked me as a brand out of the fire.