Whatever we have of this world in our hands, our care must be to keep it out of our hearts, lest it come between us and Christ.

God warns before he wounds.

We have a cunning adversary, who watches to do mischief, and will promote errors, even by the words of scripture.

When we are calling to God to turn the eye of His favor towards us He is calling to us to turn the eye of our obedience towards Him.

By the light of nature we see God as a God above us, by the light of the law we see Him as a God against us, but by the light of the gospel we see Him as Emmanuel, God with us.

Prayer time must be kept up as duly as meal-time.

That which God plants he will take care to keep watered.