It is God alone who can subdue and govern the unruly wills of sinful men.

Christ is worth all, or he is worth nothing.

It is an undoubted truth that every doctrine that comes from God, leads to God; and that which doth not tend to promote holiness is not of God.

The sinner can no more raise himself from the deadness of sin than Lazarus, who had been dead four days, until Jesus came.

If an earthly king was to issue out a royal proclamation, on performing or not performing the conditions therein contained, the life or death of his subjects entirely depended, how solicitous would they be to hear what those conditions were? And shall not we pay the same respect to the King of kings and Lord of lords and lend an attentive ear to his ministers, when they are declaring, in his name, how our pardon, peace, and happiness may be secured?

O my brethren, my heart is enlarge towards you. I trust I feel something of that hidden, but powerful presence of Christ, whilst I am preaching to you.

All our afflictions, all our temptations are to make heaven more desirable, and earth more loathsome.