TEMPERANCE AND RESTRAINT
Temperate in all things – 1 Corinthians 9:25
See then that ye walk circumspectly – Ephesians 5:15
You should starve lust when you feed nature. Thomas Manton
As the body is the temple if the Holy Ghost, so is the Christian temperance the keeper of that temple. – William Jenkyn
HUMILITY
Before honor is humility – Proverbs 15:33
All of you gird yourselves with humility – 1 Peter 5:5 (R.V.)
One of the hardest matters under the sun is to become nothing in ourselves. – Elisha Coles
Where humility is the cornerstone, there glory will be the top-stone. – William Secker
Taken from: The Puritans Day by Day © The Banner of Truth Trust 2016
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