Zeal

There is a zeal which is good, and which renders the soul highly acceptable to God. This is a zeal which is a celestial lire the true temper and heat of all the affections to God and Christ. It is a zeal wrought and kindled in the soul by the Spirit of God, who first works it and then sets it to work. It is a zeal that hath the Word of God for its guide, directing it in working, both in regard of its object and end, manner and measure. It is a zeal that checks sin, and forwards the heavenly life. It is a zeal that makes the glory of God its chief end – which swallows up all by-ends. (Selected)