If we would make it evident that our conversion is sound, we must loathe and hate sin from the heart.

There are no men more careful of the use of means than those that are surest of a good issue and conclusion, for the one stirs up diligence in the other. Assurance of the end stirs up diligence in the means. For the soul of a believing Christian knows that God has decreed both.

The wronged side is always the safest.

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

A curse lies upon those that, when the truth suffers, have not a word to defend it.

See here, for our comfort, a sweet agreement of all three persons: the Father giveth a commission to Christ; the Spirit furnisheth and sanctifieth to it; Christ himself executeth the office of a Mediator. Our redemption is founded upon the joint agreement of all three persons of the Trinity.

God's children improve all advantages to advance their grand end; they labour to grow better by blessings and crosses, and to make sanctified use of all things.