The giving way to a less sin makes way for the committing of a greater

There is great danger, yea many times most danger, in the smallest sins... Greater sins do sooner startle the soul, and awaken and rouse up the soul to repentance, than lesser sins do. Little sins often slide into the soul, and breed, and work secretly and undiscernibly in the soul, till they come to be so strong, as to trample upon the soul and to cut the throat of the soul.

That sorrow for sin that keeps the soul from looking towards the mercy seat is a sinful sorrow.

Sin will usher in the greatest and the saddest losses that can be upon our souls.

Carnal reason is an enemy to faith: it is ever crossing and contradicting it. It will never be well with thee, Christian, so long as thou art swayed by carnal reason, and you rely more upon thy five senses, than upon the four Evangelists. As the body lives by breathing, so the soul lives by believing.

A good conscience and a good confidence go together.

Secret sins commonly lie nearest the heart.