The godly have some good in them, therefore the devil afflicts them; and some evil in them, therefore God afflicts them.

A wicked man in prayer may lift up his hands, but he cannot lift up his face.

We spend our years with sighing; it is a valleyof tears; but death is the funeral of all our sorrows.

There is more evil in a drop of sin than in a sea of affliction.

The Kingdom of grace is nothing but.... the beginning of the Kingdom of glory; the Kingdom of grace is glory in the seed, and the Kingdom of glory is grace in the flower; the Kingdom ofgrace is glory in the daybreak, and the Kingdom of glory is grace in the full meridian; the Kingdom of grace is glory militant, and the Kingdom of glory is grace triumphant.... the Kingdom ofgrace leads to the Kingdom of glory.

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

Affliction may be lasting, but it is not everlasting. Affliction was a sting, but withal a wing: sorrow shall soon fly away.