All the prayers in the Scripture you will find to be reasoning with God, not a multitude of words heaped together.

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.

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

Since nothing but God is eternal, nothing but God is worth the loving.

Let us look upon a crucified Christ, the remedy of all our miseries. His cross hath procured a crown, his passion hath expiated our transgression. His death hath disarmed the law, his blood hath washed a believer's soul. This death is the destruction of our enemies, the spring of our happiness, and the eternal testimony of divine love.

How comfortable it is to have One, day and night, before the throne to control the charge of our enemy, and the despondencies of our souls.

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