As a man may be eating all day, and for want of digestion is never nourished, so these endless readers may cram themselves in vain with intellectual food.

There is a dreadful Hell, And everlasting pains; There sinners must with devils dwell In darkness, fire, and chains.

Earth, thou great footstool of our God, who reigns on high; thou fruitful source of all our raiment, life, and food; our house, our parent, and our nurse.

Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.

Order my footsteps by Thy Word and make my heart sincere; let sin have no dominion, Lord, but keep my conscience clear.

It is not to be expected that we should love God supremely if we have not known him to be more desirable than all other things.

Academical disputation gives vigor and briskness to the mind thus exercised, and relieves the languor of private study and meditation.