Category: Henry Scougal
Mortification and Self-denial Become Easy, Sweet, and Delightful
The severities of a holy life, and that constant watch which we are obliged to keep over our hearts and…
“My beloved is mine, (I account all his interest mine own) and I am his.”
Behold, on what sure foundation his happiness is built, whose soul is possessed with divine love, whose will is transformed…
True Religion: A Divine Life: The Life of God in the Soul of Man
I had rather see the real impressions of a God-like nature upon my own soul, than have a vision from…
Humility: The Highest and Noblest Endowment
Humility, and however to vulgar and carnal eyes this may appear an abject, base, and despicable quality, yet really the…
A Better Affection
Souls overpowered with divine love despise inferior pleasures, and be almost ready to grudge the body its necessary attendance for…
We cannot excuse ourselves by the pretence of impossibility; for sure our outward man is some way in our power.
We have some command of our feet, and hands, and tongue, nay, and of our thoughts and fancies too, at…
Sin and corruption are but usurpers, yet from the beginning it was not so.
Why should we think it impossible, that true goodness and universal love should ever come to sway and prevail in…
I Will Guide Thee With Mine Eye
But it will not suffice to consider these things once and again, nor to form some resolutions of abandoning our…
All Things Are Dreams And Shadows
We must, therefore, endeavour to work up our minds to a serious belief and full persuasion of divine truths, unto…
We Are More than Flesh, and Blood, and Bones
When we look about us, and behold the beauty and magnificence of this godly frame, the order and harmony of…
He Gave Himself
I remember one of the poets hath an ingenious fancy to express the passion wherewith he found himself overcome after…
God’s Tokens of Favour and Love
We ought also frequently to reflect on those particular tokens of favour and love, which God hath bestowed on ourselves;…
Prayer that Cannot be Uttered
There is a more sublime kind of prayer, wherein the soul takes a higher flight, and having collected all its…
The Greatest Gift Bestow
We never seem less in our own eyes, than when we look down upon ourselves from on high. Holiness is…
The Divine Life
As the animal life consisteth in that narrow and confined love which is terminated on a man’s self, and in…
The Secret Mysteries of a New Nature and Divine Life
When we have said all that we can, the secret mysteries of a new nature and divine life can never…
A Prayer
Infinite and eternal Majesty! Author and Fountain of being and blessedness! how little do we poor sinful creatures know of…
Behold the Beauty and Magnificence of this Godly Frame!
When we look about us, and behold the beauty and magnificence of this godly frame, the order and harmony of…
Love for Mankind
As all men stand in a near relation to God, so they have still so much of his image stamped…
The Excellency and Dignity of Our Nature
For purifying our souls, and disentangling our affections from the pleasures and enjoyments of this lower life, let us frequently…
A Final Prayer
And now, O most gracious God, Father and Fountain of mercy and goodness, who has blessed us with the knowledge…
The Worth and Excellency of a Soul
The worth and excellency of a soul is to be measured by the object of its love. Henry Scougal