It is not fit the public trusts should be lodged in the hands of any, till they are first proved and found fit for the business they are to be entrusted with.

So great was the extremity of his pain and anguish, that he did not only sigh but roar.

Humility is the great preserver of peace and order in all Christian churches and societies, consequently pride is the great disturber of them, and the cause of most dissensions and breaches in the church.

Pride is at the bottom of a great many errors and corruptions, and even of many evil practices, which have a great show and appearance of humility.

The beauty of holiness is that which the grave, that consumes all other beauty, cannot touch, or do any damage to.

He whose head is in heaven need not fear to put his feet into the grave.

If God and his grace do not rule us, sin and Satan will have possession of us.