And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Reader! pause over this verse, and read it twice before you dismiss it once. When you have duly attended to it, look within, and see whether your own case corresponds to it. If you are tempted to doubt the truth of it, in your own instance, consult Jeremiah 17:9-10. If this affords no conviction, read that sweet promise, or rather, that string of promises, Ezekiel 36:25-29. And then recollect that these precious promises can be nothing to you, if you are ignorant of the want of them. Great Father of mercies! graciously bestow them on me, for I need them every hour!