Almost every natural man that hears of hell, flatters himself that he shall escape it.

That there should absolutely be nothing at all is utterly impossible. The mind, let it stretch its conceptions ever so far, can never so much as bring itself to conceive of a state of perfect nothing.

Resolved, to confess frankly to myself all that which I find in myself, either infirmity or sin; and, if it be what concerns religion, also to confess the whole case to God, and implore needed help.

The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider... abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked: his wrath towards you burns like fire; he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else, but to be cast into the fire.

To live with all my might, while I do live

Almost every natural man that hears of hell, flatters himself that he shall escape it.

True liberty consists only in the power of doing what we ought to will, and in not being constrained to do what we ought not to will