I desired as many as could to join together in fasting and prayer, that God would restore the spirit of love and of a sound mind to the poor deluded rebels in America.

Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry.

Prayer continues in the desire of the heart, though the understanding be employed on outward things.

The best of it all is, God is with us.

Nothing short of God can satisfy your soul.

Is it not common to say to a child, 'Put your finger in that candle, can you bear it even for one minute?' How then will you bear Hell-fire? Surely it would be torment enough to have the flesh burnt off from only one finger; what then will it be to have the whole body plunged into a lake of fire, burning with brimstone?

Once in seven years I burn all my sermons; for it is a shame, if I cannot write better sermons now than I did seven years ago.