What is a child, but a piece of the parent enrapt up in another skin? And yet our dearest children are but as strangers to us, in comparison of the unspeakable dearness that was between the Father and Christ. Now, that he should ever be content to part with a Son, and such an only One, is such a manifestation of love, as will be admired to all eternity.

When God gives you comforts, it is your great evil not to observe His hand in them.

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

To keep the heart then, is carefully to preserve it from sin which disorders it; and maintain that spiritual and gracious frame, which fits it for a life of communion with God.

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.

Oh sirs, deal with sin as sin, and speak of heaven and hell as they are, and not as if you were in jest.

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