Salvation is of the Lord. (Spurgeon)
That verse in Psalm 3 and verse 8, contains the sum and substance of Calvinistic doctrine: -
“Salvation belongeth unto the Lord.” Search scripture through and you must, if you read it with a candid mind, be persuaded that the doctrine of salvation by grace alone is the great doctrine of the Word of God. ‘Salvation belongeth unto the Lord.’ This is a point concerning which we are daily fighting. Our opponents say: ‘Salvation belongeth to the free will of man; if not to man’s merit, yet at least to man’s will.’
But, we hold that salvation from first to last, in every iota of it, belongs to the most High God. It is God who chooses His people. He calls them by His grace; He quickens them by His Spirit, and keeps them by His power. It is not of man, neither by man: ‘Not of him that willeth, or of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy.’ May we all learn this truth experimentally, for our proud flesh and blood will never permit us to learn it in any other way.
Miracles. (Whitefield)
What need is there for miracles, now that we see greater miracles every day done by the power of God’s Word.Do not the spiritually blind now see? Are not the spiritually dead now raised, and the leprous souls now cleansed, and have not the spiritually poor the gospel preached to them? And if we have the thing already, which the miracles were only intended to introduce, why should we tempt god in requiring further signs? He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.