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

It is the duty of the saints, especially in times of straights, to reflect upon the performances of Providence for them in all the states and through all the stages of their lives.

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. . . .

What, at peace with the Father and at war with the children? It cannot be.

If time be a ring of gold, opportunity is the rich diamond that gives it both its value and glory.

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!

Christ bounds and terminates the vast desires of the soul; He is the very Sabbath of the soul.