It is good to divert our sorrow for other things to the root of all, which is sin. Let our grief run most in that channel, that as sin bred grief, so grief may consume sin.

Christ does not choose you because you are good, but to make you good.

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

God knows we have nothing of ourselves, therefore in the covenant of grace he requires no more than he gives, but gives what he requires, and accepts what he gives.

The winter prepares the earth for the spring, so do afflictions sanctified prepare the soul for glory.

It is Christ's manner to trouble our souls first, and then to come with healing in his wings.

It is atheism to pray and not wait on hope.