the Lord does not so much look at the work that is done, as at the faithfulness of our hearts in doing it.

You will not find one Godly man who came out of an affliction worse than when he went into it. Though for a little while he was shaken, yet, at last, he was better for an affliction. But, a great many Godly men have been worse for their prosperity.

You may think you find peace in Christ when you have no outward troubles, but is Christ your peace when the Assyrian comes into the land, when the enemy comes?...Jesus Christ would be peace to the soul when the enemy comes into the city, and into your houses.

the Lord does not so much look at the work that is done, as at the faithfulness of our hearts in doing it.

It is a special part of the divine worship that we owe to God, to be content in a Christian way, as has been shown to you.

I beseech you to consider that God does not deal by you as you deal with him.

Thus, a godly man wonders at his cross that it is not more, a wicked man wonders his cross is so much.