"I am dead, and it is the Word that must enliven me; I am blind, and it is the Word that must enlighten me. It is absolutely necessary that I know my sins and misery...

"My soul is sinful, and it is the Word that must sanctify it; my soul is sick, it is the Word that must heal it; my soul is hungry, and it is the Word that must feed it, or I shall starve; my soul is thirsty, and it is the Word that must satisfy it, or I shall die for thirst...

"Oh, what concernment is this Word to my well-being in this and the other world! I must be sanctified, or I can never be saved; I must turn to God, or burn in Hell; and the Word must do this for me, or it will never be done."

~"The Works of George Swinnock", Vol. I, page 149-50~