As a tender and loving friend is grieved at the unkindness of his friend... so is it with this tender and loving Spirit, who hath chosen our hearts for a habitation to dwell in.

On Christ’s glory I would fix all my thoughts and desires, and the more I see of the glory of Christ, the more the painted beauties of this world will wither in my eyes and I will be more and more crucified to this world. It will become to me like something dead and putrid, impossible for me to enjoy.

I did not hear what I should have listened to.

Only what God has commanded in His word should be regarded as binding; in all else there may be liberty of actions.

We cannot enjoy peace in this world unless we are ready to yield to the will of God in respect of death. Our times are in His hand, at His sovereign disposal. We must accept that as best.

The vigour, and power, and comfort of our spiritual life depends on the mortification of the deeds of the flesh.

Christ's blood is the great sovereign remedy for sin-sick souls.