Various are the pleas and arguments which men of corrupt minds frequently urge against yielding obedience to the just and holy commands of God.

For, if we have not charity, we are not Christians: charity is the great duty of Christians.

All I can say is I look for perpetual conflicts and struggles in this life, and I hope for no other peace, only a cross, while on this side of eternity.

Following Christ means following him through life, following him in every word and gesture, following him out of one clime into another.

The reason why congregations have been so dead is, because they had dead men preaching to them. O that the Lord may quicken and revive them! How can dead men beget living children?

The fall of man is written in too legible characters not to be understood: Those that deny it, by their denying, prove it.

It is easy to follow Christ when all things are safe. But your love to Jesus Christ would be seen more, if you must lose your lives, or deny your Jesus. It would be a trial of your love, when fire and faggot [a wooden stick] was before you, if you would rush into that, rather than fly from the truth as it is in Jesus. Though all things are calm now, the storm is gathering and by and by it will break; it is at present no bigger than a man's hand. But when it is full it will break and then you will see whether you are found Christians or not.