Joining a company is an act that calls for absolute loyalty in big matters and little ones.
Thomas WatsonWhat if we have more of the rough file, if we have less rust! Afflictions carry away nothing but the dross of sin.
Thomas WatsonPraising God is one of the highest and purest acts of religion. In prayer we act like men; in praise we act like angels.
Thomas WatsonGod will fill the hungry because He Himself has stirred up the hunger. As in the case of prayer, when God prepares the heart to pray, He prepares His ear to hear (Ps. 10:17). So in the case of spiritual hunger, when God prepares the heart to hunger, He will prepare His hand to fill.
Thomas WatsonThus 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?
Thomas Watson