What if we have more of the rough file, if we have less rust! Afflictions carry away nothing but the dross of sin.

The angel fetched Peter out of prison, but it was prayer that fetched the angel.

A weak faith can lay hold on a strong Christ.

Praising God is one of the highest and purest acts of religion. In prayer we act like men; in praise we act like angels.

God will not be behind-hand in love to us: for our drop, we shall receive an ocean.

Thus it is in hell; they would die, but they cannot. The wicked shall be always dying but never dead; the smoke of the furnacedascends for ever and ever. Oh! who can endure thus to be ever upon the rack? This word "ever" breaks the heart. Wicked men do now think the Sabbaths long, and think a prayer long; but oh! how long will it be to lie in hell for ever and ever?

Let us then ascribe the whole work of grace to the pleasure of God's Will. God did not choose us because we were worthy, but by choosing us He makes us worthy.