If Christ has once possessed the affections, there is no dispossessing of him again. A fire in the heart overcomes all fires without.

What the heart liketh best, the mind studieth most.

In trouble we are prone to forget all that we have heard and read that makes for our comfort. Now what is the reason that a man comes to think of that which otherwise he should never have called to mind? The Holy Spirit brings it to his remembrance; He is a Comforter, bringing to mind useful things at such times when we have most need of them.

The love of a wife to her husband may begin from the supply of her necessities, but afterwards she may also love his person: so the soul first loves Christ for salvation, but when it is brought to him, and finds what sweetness there is in him, then the soul loves him for himself, and esteems his person, as well as rejoices in his benefits.

Possibilitas tua mensura tua'(What is possible to you is what you will be measured by).

The way to cover our sin is to uncover it by confession.

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