That soul is dead to which the Spirit of Christ is not given in the work of regeneration; and all its works are dead works.

Christ [is] the very essence of all delights and pleasures, the very soul and substance of them. As all the rivers are gathered into the ocean, which is congregation or meeting-place of all waters in the world: so Christ is that ocean in which all true delights and pleasures meet. . . .

All the tears of a penitent sinner, should he shed as many as there have fallen drops of rain, since the creation, to this day, cannot wash away one sin. The everLasting burnings in hell, cannot purify the flaming conscience, from the least sin.

How often has providence convinced its observers, upon a sober recollection of the events of their lives, that if the Lord had left them to their own counsels they had as often been their own tormentors, if not executioners!

Grace makes the promise and providence the payment.

Did Christ finish His work for us? Then there can be no doubt but He will also finish His work in us.

For the infinite glorious Creator of all things, to become a creature, is a mystery exceeding all human understanding.