Thomas Chalmers
The foundation of your trust before God must be either your own righteousness out and out or the righteousness of Christ out and out. If you are to lean upon hour own merit, lean upon it wholly - if you
are to lean upon Christ, lean upon Him wholly.

The two will not amalgamate together, and it is the attempt to make them do so which keeps many a weary and heavy laden inquirer at a distance from rest and at a distance from the truth of the Gospel.

Maintain a clear and consistent posture. Stand not before God with one foot upon a rock and the other upon a treacherous quicksand. We call upon you to lean not so much as the weight of one grain or scruple of your confidence upon your own doings - to leave this ground entirely to the ground of a Redeemer's blood and a Redeemer's righteousness.