Frequently renew settled and holy resolutions. A soldier unresolved to fight may be easily defeated...The weakness of our graces, the strength of our temptations, and the diligence of our spiritual enemies, require strong resolutions.

Frequently renew settled and holy resolutions. A soldier unresolved to fight may be easily defeated...The weakness of our graces, the strength of our temptations, and the diligence of our spiritual enemies, require strong resolutions.

How worthy it is to remember former benefits when we come to beg for new.

In regard of God, patience is a submission to His sovereignty. To endure a trial, simply because we cannot avoid or resist it, is not Christian patience. But to humbly submit because it is the will of God to inflict the trial, to be silent because the sovereignty of God orders it - is true godly patience.

Regeneration is a spiritual change; conversion is a spiritual motion.

The little time that remains between this moment and our death, should quicken our diligence to inherit the endless and unchangeable eternity of God.

Unbelief was the first sin, and pride was the first-born of it.