'Tis hard preaching a stone into tears, or making a rock to tremble.

I tell you again, God hath not ordinarily decreed the end without the means; and if you will neglect the means of salvation, it is a certain mark that God hath not decreed you to salvation. But you shall find that He hath left you no excuse, because He hath not thus predestined you.

I must confess, as the experience of my own soul, that the expectation of loving my friends in heaven principally kindles my love to them while on earth.

The heart is naturally hard, and grows harder by custom in sin, especially by long abuse of mercy, neglect of the means of grace, and resisteing the spirit of grace.

This life was not intended to be the place of our perfection, but the preparation for it.

Suffering so unbolts the door of the heart, that the Word hath easier entrance.

In a divine commonwealth holiness must have the principal honor and encouragement, and a great difference be made between the precious and the vile.