Let your prayer for temporal blessings be strictly limited to things absolutely necessary.

Grace is necessary to salvation, free will equally so - but grace in order to give salvation, free will in order to receive it.

Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.

I do a great wrong in His sight, when I beseech Him that He will hear my prayer, which as I give utterance to it, I do not hear myself. I entreat Him that He will think of me; but I regard neither myself nor Him. Nay, what is worse, turning over corrupt and evil thoughts in mine heart, I thrust a dreadful offensiveness into His presence.

We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.

God has aroused the spirit of kings and princes to root up from the earth the enemies of the Christian name. Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of Christ.

What does God hate or punish except self-will? Let self-will cease, and there will be no hell. On what does that fire feed except on self-will?