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

Affliction is a pill, which, being wrapt up in patience and quiet submission, may be easily swallowed; but discontent chews the pill, and so embitters the soul.

Jesus Christ is in every way sufficient to the vast desires of the soul.

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

Let all Arminians know: we have as high an esteem for faith as any men in the world, but yet we will not rob Christ to clothe faith.

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

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.