Man indeed is the most noble, by creation, of all the creatures in the visible World; but by sin he has made himself the most ignoble.

He that is down needs fear no fall.

You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge to Satan.

If that a pearl may in a toad's head dwell, And may be found too in an oyster shell.

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.

Fear, lest, by forgetting what you are by nature, you also forget the need that you have of continual pardon, support, and supplies from the Spirit of grace, and so grow proud of your own abilities, or of what you have received from God.

For to speak the truth, there are but few that care thus to spend their time, but choose rather to be speaking of things to no profit.