Hearkners, we say, seldom hear good of themselves.
Grace in the soul is heaven in that soul.
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.
Those that have so much power over others as to be able to oppress them have seldom so much over themselves as not to oppress.
A state of apostasy is worse than a state of ignorance.
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.