God is goodness itself, in whom all goodness is involved. If therefore we love other things for the goodness which we see in them, why do we not love God, in whom is all goodness? All other things are but sparks of that fire, and drops of that sea. If you see any good in the creature, remember there is much more in the Creator. Leave therefore the streams, and go to the fountainhead of comfort.

In the godly, holy truths are conveyed by way of a taste; gracious men have a spiritual palate as well as a spiritual eye. Grace alters the spiritual taste.

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

The soul is never quiet till it comes to God . . . and that is the one thing the soul desireth.

In all their jollity in this world, the wicked are but as a book fairly bound, which when it is opened is full of nothing but tragedies. So when the book of their consciences shall be once opened, there is nothing to be read but lamentations and woes.

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

Sin is not so sweet in the committing as it is heavy and bitter in the reckoning.