That the reason why they are not fallen already and do not fall now is only that God's appointed time is not come. For it is said, that when that due time, or appointed time comes, their foot shall slide. Then they shall be left to fall, as they are inclined by their own weight. God will not hold them up in these slippery places any longer, but will let them go; and then, at that very instant, they shall fall into destruction; as he that stands on such slippery declining ground, on the edge of a pit, he cannot stand alone, when he is let go he immediately falls and is lost.

The door of God’s mercy is thrown wide open, and Christ stands in the door and says to sinners ‘Come.’

When God is about to do a great work, He pours out a spirit of supplication.

Resolved, that I will live so, as I shall wish I had done when I come to die.

I frequently hear persons in old age say how they would live, if they were to live their lives over again: Resolved, That I will live just so as I can think I shall wish I had done, supposing I live to old age.

The view of the misery of the damned will double the ardour of the love and gratitude of the saints of heaven.

The material universe exists only in the mind.