The Christian will desire to see the beauty of God in his house, that his soul might be ravished in the excellency of the object, and that the highest powers of his soul, his understanding, will, and affections might be fully satisfied, that he might have full contentment.

Whatsoever God takes away from His children, He either replaces it with a much greater favor or else gives strength to bear it.

See a flame in a spark, a tree in a seed. See great things in little beginnings.

When a man is to travel into a far country...one staff in his hand may comfortably support him, but a bundle of staves would be troublesome. Thus a competency of these outward things may happily help us in the way to heaven, whereas abundance may be hurtful.

that which is begun in self-confidence will end in shame.

When we grow careless of keeping our souls, then God recovers our taste of good things again by sharp crosses.

Christ quickens none but the dead. Why do not the papists attain to this grace of justification? They never see themselves wholly dead, but join some life to the natural estate of man. Therefore Christ quickens them not.