An ounce of mirth is worth a pound of sorrow.

I have pain; there is no arguing against sense, but I have peace, I have peace.

Spend your time in nothing which you know must be repented of; in nothing on which you might not pray for the blessing of God; in nothing which you could not review with a quiet conscience on your dying bed; in nothing which you might not safely and properly be found doing if death should surprise you in the act.

The very design of the gospel doth tend to self-abasing; and the work of grace is begun and carried on in humiliation. Humility is not a mere ornament of a Christian, but an essential part of the new creature: it is a contradiction to be a sanctified man, or a true Christian, and not humble.

You shall find this to be God's usual course: not to give his children the taste of his delights till they begin to sweat in seeking after them.

Till men are deeply humbled, they can part with Christ and Salvation for a lust, for a little wordly gain, for that which is less than nothing. But when God hath enlightened their consciences, and broken their hearts, then they would give a world for Christ.

Overvalue not therefore the manner of your own worship, and overvilify not other men's of a different mode.