Then are we servants of God, then are we the disciples of Christ, when we do what is commanded us and because it is commanded us.

Sin is never less quiet than when it seems to be most quiet.

If we do not abide in prayer, we will abide in temptation.

Steadfastness in believing doth not exclude all temptations from without. When we say a tree is firmly rooted, we do not say the wind never blows upon it.

Christ by his death destroying the works of the devil, procuring the Spirit for us, hath so killed sin, as to its reign in believers, that it shall not obtain its end and dominion.

We all profess that we are bound for heaven, immortality, and glory: but is it any evidence that we really design it if all our thoughts are consumed about the trifles of this world, which we must leave behind us, and have only occasional thoughts of things above?

Then are we servants of God, then are we the disciples of Christ, when we do what is commanded us and because it is commanded us.