I saw a man clothed with rags . . . a book in his hand, and a great burden upon his back.

Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.

Our sins, when laid upon Christ, were yet personally ours, not his; so his righteousness, when put upon us, is yet personally his, not ours.

I would say to my soul, O my soul, this is not the place of despair; this is not the time to despair in. As long as mine eyes can find a promise in the Bible, as long as there is a moment left me of breath or life in this world, so long will I wait or look for mercy, so long will I fight against unbelief and despair.

All that the Father giveth me SHALL COME... Here, therefore, the Lord Jesus positively determineth to put forth such a sufficiency of all grace as shall effectually perform this promise. They shall come; that is, he will CAUSE them to come, by infusing of an effectual blessing into all the means that shall be used to that end.

It beareth the name of Vanity Fair, because the town where 't is kept is lighter than vanity.

I am now a man of despair, rejected, abandoned, shut up in this iron cage from which there is no escape.