The truth is of that nature, that the more it is opposed, the more
glory it appears in; and the more the adversary objects against it,
the more it will clear itself.
There belongs to every true notion of truth, a power; the notion is
the shell, the power the kernel and life.
It is impossible that a carnal heart should conceive of the weight
that truth lays upon the conscience of a believer. They see nothing,
alas, nothing at all but a truth; and, say they, Are you such fools
as to stand groaning to bear up that, or what is contained therein?
They see not the weight, the glory, the weight of glory, that is in
a truth of God; and therefore they laugh at them that will count it
worth the while to endure so much to support it from falling to the
ground.
Truths are often delivered to us, like wheat in full ears, to the
end we should rub them out before we eat them, and take pains about
them, before we have the comfort of them.