The life of a Christian should be a meditation how to unloose his affection from inferior things. He will easily die that is dead before in affection.

The life of a Christian is wondrously ruled in this world, by the consideration and meditation of the life of another world.

This is a life of faith, for God will try the truth of our faith, so that the world may see that God has such servants as will depend upon His bare word.

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

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.

We cannot say this or that trouble shall not befall, yet we may, by help of the Spirit, say, nothing that doth befall shall make me do that which is unworthy of a Christian.

The depths of our misery can never fall below the depths of mercy.