Secker Sensitive Wisdom

If heaven could be obtained by human endeavors, then it must either be of little worth, or they must be of great value. But he who puts an estimate upon all things according to their true value, has said, ‘When ye have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which was our duty to do.’ We are not only unprofitable when all is to be done, but when all has been done. We are unprofitable to God, because he is necessarily and eternally blessed without us; we are not profitable to ourselves, because without him we shall be everlastingly cursed in ourselves.

William Secker
The Nonsuch Professor