Assurance is the fruit that grows out of the root of faith.

In natures, we see God, as it were, like the sun in a picture; in the law, as the sun in a cloud; in Christ we see Him in His beams; He being 'the brightness of His glory, and the exact image of His person.

Sin endeavors to subject the blessed God to the humor and lust of every person in the world

Self is the great antichrist and anti-God in the world, that sets up itself above all else.

Assurance is the fruit that grows out of the root of faith.

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.

Without the heart it is no worship; it is a stage play; an acting a part without being that person really which is acted by us: a hypocrite, in the notion of the word, is a stageplayer.