The worst thing thou has to fear is the treachery of thine own heart.

This is now a covenant of pure grace; let no man attempt to mix works with it.

Repentance will not make you see Christ; but to see Christ will give you repentance.

Poor human nature cannot bear such strains as heavenly triumphs bring to it; there must come a reaction. Excess of joy or excitement must be paid for by subsequent depressions. While the trial lasts, the strength is equal to the emergency; but when it is over, natural weakness claims the right to show itself.

That conversion which is all joy and lacks sorrow for sin, is very questionable.

When we believe that we ought to be satisfied, rather than God glorified, we set God below ourselves, imagine that He should submit His own honor to our advantage; we make ourselves more glorious than God, as though we were not made for Him, but He made for us; this is to have a very low esteem of the majesty of God.

Ah, Lord Jesus! I never knew Your love till I understood the meaning of Your death.