Till men have faith in Christ, their best services are but glorious sins.

Saints spring and thrive most internally, when they are most externally afflicted. Afflictions are the mother of virtue.

There is more evil in the least sin than in the greatest affliction.

Our sins are debts that none can pay but Christ. It is not our tears, but His blood; it is not our sighs, but His sufferings, that can testify for our sins. Christ must pay all, or we are prisoners forever.

The only ground of God's love is his love.

Christ dwells in that heart most eminently that hath emptied itself of itself.

Sin in a wicked man is like poison in a serpent; it is in its natural place.