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.

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

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

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.

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

When we go to God by prayer, the devil knows we go to fetch strength against him, and therefore he opposes us all he can.

The whole life of a Christian should be nothing but praises and thanks to God; we should neither eat nor sleep, but eat to God and sleep to God and work to God and talk to God, do all to His glory and praise.