Christ and his benefits go inseparably and undividedly... Many would willingly receive his privileges, who will not receive his person; but it cannot be; if we will have one, we must take the other too: Yea, we must accept his person first, and then his benefits: as it is in the marriage covenant, so it is here.

One word of God can do more than ten thousand words of men to relieve a distressed soul.

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

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 Providence of God is like Hebrew words-it can be read only backwards.

Creatures, like pictures, are fairest at a certain distance, but it is not so with Christ; the nearer the soul approaches Him, and the longer it lives in the enjoyhment of Him, still the sweeter and more desirable He becomes.

Whatever be the ground of one's distress, it should drive him to, not from God.