That which begins not with prayer, seldom winds up with comfort.

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.

Christ is so in love with holiness, that at the price of His blood He will buy it for us.

The soul of the poorest child is of equal dignity with the soul of Adam.

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.

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

Observed duties maintain our credit; but secret duties maintain our life.