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by C. H. Spurgeon

Like Will to Like

“Eveythinq’ tcndeth to the place of its original. Meji love their native soil; tilings bred in the water delight in that element; inanimate thinis tend to their centj’e; a stone will fall to the grozind though b7-okeyi in pieces by the fall.

Thus I may judge of my nature by my inclination. What delights me? For where my delight is my heart is. If I take pleasure in the ways of the world, then I am of the world. If

1 find myself at home in sin, then I am still the servant of sin. Doubtless many hasten to evil with such desperate speed that they will be broken in the fall; yet to evil they must needs go, and he who would hinder them gets a wound for his pains.

Come, my heart, what sayest thou of thyself? Art thou indined to holiness or to lewdness, to grace or to covetousness? How much hangs on this! Yet take heart, for if thou hast a nature which came from heaven it will rise to heaven. If Jesus is the source of thy life, that life will rise as high as the place where Jesus dwells. Is not this a rich encouragement?

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