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!

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

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

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. . . .

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

Providence so orders the case, that faith and prayer come between our wants and supplies, and the goodness of God may be the more magnified in our eyes thereby.

Some providences, like Hebrew letters, must be read backwards.