Gospel repentance is not a little hanging down of the head. It's a working of the heart until your sin becomes more odious to you than any punishment for it.
If we would make it evident that our conversion is sound, we must loathe and hate sin from the heart.
Poverty and affliction take away the fuel that feeds pride.
What coward would not fight when he is sure of victory?
What the heart liketh best, the mind studieth most.
Let weak Christians know that a spark from heaven, though kindled under green wood that sobs and smokes, yet it will consume all at last.