You will not be carried to Heaven lying at ease upon a feather bed.

To believe Christ's cross to be a friend, as he himself is a friend, is also a special act of faith

Why should I tremble at the plough of my Lord, that maketh deep furrows on my soul? I know He is no idle husbandman, He purposeth a crop.

When I look to my guiltiness, I see that my salvation is one of our Saviour's greatest miracles, either in heaven or earth.

Build your nest in no tree here...for the Lord of the forest has condemned the whole woods to be demolished.

Since He looked upon me my heart is not my own. He hath runaway to heaven with it.

We are as near to heaven as we are far from self, and far from the love of a sinful world.