Pleasures seem solid in their pursuit; but are mere clouds in the enjoyment.

God hears no more than the heart speaks; and if the heart be dumb, God will certainly be deaf.

The first step toward heaven, is to see ourselves near hell.

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.

If God were not my friend, Satan would not be so much my enemy.

The greatest and the hottest fires that ever were on earth are but ice in comparison to the fire of hell.

God is as just as he is merciful.