When I was young I was sure of everything; in a few years, having been mistaken a thousand times, I was not half so sure of most things as I was before; at present, I am hardly sure of anything but what God has revealed to me.

And now run the race which is set before thee, in the royal way of universal love.

Wherever riches have increased, the essence of religion has decreased in the same proportion.

When Poetry thus keeps its place as the handmaiden of piety, it shall attain not a poor perishable wreath, but a crown that fadeth not away.

I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone for salvation.

It is good to renew ourselves, from time to time, by closely examining the state of our souls, as if we had never done it before; for nothing tends more to the full assurance of faith, than to keep ourselves by this means in humility, and the exercise of all good works.

I see the necessity of preaching a full and present salvation from all sin.