How far may a person judge of the strength or weakness of his faith-by the brightness or darkness of his frame- Cases of Conscience - 1755 - Case 5 - THE growth of grace in the heart of a true believer is a very mysterious thing- and there is scarcely any particular whereby-Christians in general are more puzzled, and wherein they are- more frequently mistaken, than in judging of the strength or weakness of their graces.

What judgment should that person pass upon himself, who knows-himself to be in a dark and corrupt frame, but finds himself greatly-unaffected with it, and stupid under it--Cases of Conscience Book 1 Case-7- This very interesting and important question is taken into consideration in consequence of the following letter- which, though it be very long, yet will not be found tedious to those who have experienced any variety in the Christian life- because the whole of it is so spiritual and experimental.

Go into all nations and offer this salvation as you go - but lest the poor house of Israel should think themselves abandoned to despair, the seed of Abraham, mine ancient friend- as cruel and unkind as they have been, go, make them the first offer of grace - let them that struck the rock, drink first of its refreshing streams - and they that drew my blood, be welcome to its healing virtue. Tell them, that as I was sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, so, if they will be gathered, I will be their shepherd still. Though they despised my tears which I shed over them, and imprecated my blood to be upon them, tell them 'twas for their sakes I shed both - that by my tears I might soften their hearts towards God, and by my blood I might reconcile God to them. - Grosvenor was the second pastor to occupy the pulpit of Thomas Watson after Samuel Slater.

Cases of Conscience, Case 13, -How may we distinguish the suggestions of Satan from the corruptions of our own hearts- There-are some, who awfully deceive themselves by casting all their sinfulness from themselves, and charging it upon the devil- while there are others, who frequently distress themselves unnecessarily, by laying to their own charge all the evil which they feel in themselves. The unrenewed person is most apt to run into the former mistake, while the serious Christian is most ready to indulge the latter. Those who know not the plague and corruption of their own hearts, are certainly in great danger of deluding themselves- while those who see their own sinfulness and corruption are -frequently under a temptation to distress themselves.

We should inquire whether we are real Christians or not.-Cases of Conscience, Case 26 -This is a point of the greatest importance. If we are Christians indeed, all things shall go well with us, both in life and at death, in time and eternity. But if we have only the name, however we may live in earthly pleasure, it will be-awful dying. As this is the case then, surely we should all be concerned to make a strict and solemn inquiry, what character we fall under, what state we are in. Would you know whether you are passed from death unto life, look back to the time when you think the change was made, and inquire into the circumstances attending it.

Cases of Conscience, Book 2. How shall we know whether our faith be saving amidst all the weaknesses and doubts that may attend it- There is scarcely a subject in divinity, wherein valuable sound divines are apparently more disagreed, and whereby Christians are more often perplexed, than this which relates to the nature and workings of true saving faith- and yet it is undeniably a subject of the greatest importance- for the implantation of this grace, and an experience of its workings and actings, are necessary to the very existence of vital Christianity. Touchstone of Saving Faith Question 2

Cases of Conscience, Book 2 Case 11 -My unbelief consists chiefly in these things, viz., I am in some doubt, now and then, concerning the being of God, his nature, attributes, and person- concerning Jesus Christ, his excellency and mediatorial capacity, or qualifications- con-cerning the Holy Ghost, regarding his immediate energy or operation on man- concerning the resurrection of the dead, the general -judgment, and the certainty, that all persons that ever have been, are, or shall be, will exist in either of two places or states.

Cases of Conscience - Book 1 - Case 10 -Is it possible for a person to be regenerated, or born again, and yet for many years after, fear he is not- And may a person no way doubt of his regeneration, and, at the same time, be an unconverted person- If we consider the mental circumstances of the personregenerated, that there are yet the remains of sin and unbelief abiding with him, and that the best are much clouded with ignorance, as well as liable to the bewildering temptations of deceitful friends- we need not think it impossible for-a regenerate person to be afraid that he never experienced that gracious work upon his mind.

Cases of Conscience, -Pike and Hayward- Case 4- How may a person judge whether a promise or a threatening comes from God, or is brought by Satan to the soul- The occasion of this question is as follows- this person found some of the promises of God's word brought with a peculiar-sweetness and power upon his mind- and these were succeeded by awful threatenings, which appeared to come with equal force. . Now it is of great importance to know whether these come from the Spirit of God, or from Satan.

Pike and Hayward, Cases of Conscience, Case 2 - It is a peculiar mercy, when we find our souls in a declining condition, to be immediately alarmed at it, and sensible of it. When God is about to bestow the blessings of salvation, he first makes the sinner sensible of his need of them- so, when he is about to revive his work in the soul that has been running astray from him, he gives him first a sense of his decline, shows him from whence he has fallen, what a-stranger he is to the life of religion, what ingratitude he has been guilty of, how much he has lost of the pleasures of the divine life, and how much he has dishonoured that God who called him out of darkness into his marvellous light.