A man that is endued with the powers of reason, by which he is capable of knowing, serving, glorifying, and enjoying his Maker, and yet lives without God in the world, is certainly the most despicable and the most miserable animal under the sun.

Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces.

Our duty as Christians is always to keep heaven in our eye and earth under our feet.

Those who teach by their doctrine must teach by their life, or else they pull down with one hand what they build up with the other.

It was the greatest honor God did to man that he made man in the image of God; but it is the greatest dishonor man has done to God that he has made God in the image of man.

It is good for us to keep some account of our prayers, that we may not unsay them in our practice.

Days of trouble must be days of prayer.