A true saving knowledge of sin is to be had only in the Lord Christ: in him may we see the desert of our iniquities.

It must be observed, that the best of men, the most holy and spiritually minded, may have, nay, ought to have, their thoughts of spiritual things excited, multiplied, and confirmed, by the preaching of the word.

No man shall ever behold the glory of Christ by sight hereafter who does not in some measure behold it here by faith.

If we would talk less and pray more about them, things would be better than they are in the world: at least, we should be better enabled to bear them.

In or towards whomsoever the Holy Spirit puts forth His power, or acts his grace for their regeneration, he removes all obstacles, overcomes all oppositions, and infallibly produces the intended effect.

Selfishness is the making a man's self his own centre, the beginning and end of all he doeth.

A man may easier see without eyes, speak without a tongue, than truly mortify one sin without the Spirit.