The more afflictions you have been under, the more assistance you have had for this life of holiness.

God's unspotted faithfulness never failed any soul that durst trust himself in its arms.

It is better to be as low as hell with a promise, than in Paradise without one.

Jesus, our head, is already in heaven; and if the head be above water, the body cannot drown.

A hot iron, though blunt, will pierce sooner than a cold one, though sharper.

If God has given you but a small portion of the world, yet if you are godly He has promised never to forsake you (Heb. 13:5). Providence has ordered that condition for you which is really best for your eternal good. If you had more of the world than you have, your heads and hearts might not be able to manage it to your advantage.

As God did not at first choose you because you were high, He will not now forsake you because you are low.