Oh sirs, deal with sin as sin, and speak of heaven and hell as they are, and not as if you were in jest.

You may look upon some providences once and again, and see little or nothing in them, but look "seven times," that is, meditate often upon them, and you will see their increasing glory, like that increasing cloud (1 Kings 18:44).

We must not think that faith itself is the soul's rest; it is only the means of it. We cannot find rest in any work or duty of our own, but we may find it in Christ, whom faith apprehends for justification and salvation.

He is bread to the hungry, water to the thirsty, a garment to the naked, healing to the wounded; and whatever a soul can desire is found in Him.

The law sends us to Christ to be justified, and Christ sends us to the law to be regulated.

No doctrine is more excellent, or necessary to be preached and studied, than Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

Affliction is a pill, which, being wrapt up in patience and quiet submission, may be easily swallowed; but discontent chews the pill, and so embitters the soul.