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

You have reason to wonder that you are not already in hell.

Christ gives peace to the most sinful and miserable that come to Him. He heals the broken in heart and binds up their wounds.

A truly humble man is sensible of his natural distance from God; of his dependence on Him; of the insufficiency of his own power and wisdom; and that it is by God's power that he is upheld and provided for, and that he needs God's wisdom to lead and guide him, and His might to enable him to do what he ought to do for Him.

The end of the creation is that the creation might glorify [God]. Now what is glorifying God, but a rejoicing at that glory he has displayed?

Resolved, to study the Scriptures so steadily, constantly and frequently, as that I may find, and plainly perceive myself to grow in the knowledge of the same.

Intend to live in continual mortification, and never to expect or desire any worldly ease or pleasure.