Nothing sets a person so much out of the devil's reach as humility.

We cannot believe that the church of God is already possessed of all that light which God intends to give it; nor that all Satan's lurking places have already been found out.

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

Trust in God and ye need not fear.

To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here.

The beauty of the world consists wholly of sweet mutual consents, either within itself or with the supreme being.

Surely there is something in the unruffled calm of nature that overawes our little anxieties and doubts; the sight of the deep-blue sky and the clustering stars above seems to impart a quiet to the mind.