Mark in what order: first, our calling; then, our election; not beginning with our election first. By our calling, arguing our election.
Joseph HallWhat fools are we, to be besotted with the love of our own trouble, and to hate our liberty and rest!
Joseph HallHe that taketh his own cares upon himself loads himself in vain with an uneasy burden. I will cast all my cares on God; He hath bidden me; they cannot burden Him.
Joseph HallThat which the French proverb hath of sickness is true of all evils, that they come on horseback, and go away on foot; we have often seen a sudden fall or one meal's surfeit hath stuck by many to their graves; whereas pleasures come like oxen, slow, and heavily, and go away like post-horses, upon the spur.
Joseph Hall