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.

Is it but right that our hearts should be on God, when the heart of God is so much on us.

Keep company with the more cheerful sort of the Godly; there is no mirth like the mirth of believers.

Our very business is to teach the great lesson of self-denial and humility to our people, and how unfit is it then that we should be proud ourselves!

What we most value, we shall think no pains too great to gain.

Prayer is the breath of the new creature.

It is as hard a thing to maintain a sound understanding, a tender conscience, a lively, gracious, heavenly spirit, and an upright life in the midst of contention, as to keep your candle lighted in the greatest storms.