None can know their election but by their conformity to the image of Christ; for all that are chosen are chosen to sanctification.

Man takes a great deal of pains to heap up riches, and they are but like heaps of manure in the furrows of the field, good for nothing unless they be spread.

The kingdom of heaven was never intended to indulge the ease of triflers, but to the rest of them that labor.

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

See what a hidden life the life of a good Christian is, and how much it is concealed from the eye and observation of the world. The most important part of the business lies between God and our own souls, in the frame of our spirits and the working of our hearts, in our actions that no eye sees except the all-seeing God. Justly are the saints called God's hidden ones, and His secret is said to be with them. They have meat to eat and work to do that the world does not know of, as well as joys, griefs, and cares that a stranger does not share.

The counsels and decrees of God do not truckle to the frail and fickle will of man.

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