Though Satan instils his poison, and fans the flames of our corrupt desires within us,we are yet not carried by any external force to the commission of sin, but our own flesh entices us, and we willingly yield to its allurements.

The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life.

You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.

How can it be said that the weakness of the human will is aided so as to enable it to aspire effectually to the choice of good, when the fact is, that it must be wholly transformed and renewed?

Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.

Let us consider this settled, that no one has made progress in the school of Christ who does not joyfully await the day of death and final resurrection.

We cannot rely on God's promises without obeying his commandments.