There is enough sin in my best prayer to send the whole world to Hell.

There can be but one will the master in our salvation, but that shall never be the will of man, but of God; therefore man must be saved by grace.

God, as I may say, is forced to break men's hearts, before he can make them willing to cry to him, or be willing that he should have any concerns with them; the rest shut their eyes, stop their ears, withdraw their hearts, or say unto God, Be gone.

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

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

Run when I can, walk when I cannot run, and creep when I cannot walk.

It gave me no pleasure to see people drink in my opinions if they seemed ignorant of Jesus Christ and the value of being saved by Him. Sound conviction for sin, especially the sin of unbelief, and a heart set on fire to be saved by Christ, with a strong yearning for a truly sanctified soul-this was what delighted me; those were the souls I considered blessed.