Oh that God would give me the thing which I long for! That before I go hence and am no more seen, I may see a people wholly devoted to God, crucified to the world, and the world crucified to them. A people truly given up to God in body, soul and substance! How cheerfully would I then say, 'Now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace.'

The greater the share the people have in government, the less liberty, civil or religious, does a nation enjoy.

Above all sing spiritually. Have an eye to God in every word you sing. Aim at pleasing him more than yourself, or any other creature. In order to do this attend strictly to the sense of what you sing, and see that your heart is not carried away with the sound, but offered to God continually; so shall your singing be such as the Lord will approve here, and reward you when he comes in the clouds of heaven.

I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone for salvation, and an assurance was given me that he had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death.

By justification we are saved from the guilt of sin…by sanctification we are saved from the power and root of sin

The neglect of prayer is a grand hindrance to holiness.

A meek spirit gives no trouble willingly to any: a quiet spirit bears all wrongs without being troubled.