Satan's time of tempting is usually after an ordinance; and the reason is, because then he thinks he shall find us most secure. When we have been at solemn duties, we are apt to think all is done, and we grow remiss, and leave off that zeal and strictness as before; just as a soldier, who after a battle leaves off his armour, not once dreaming, of an enemy. Satan watches his time, and when we least suspect, then he throws in a temptation.

Those prayers God likes best which come seething hot from the heart.

If a wicked man seems to have peace at death, it is not from the knowledge of his happiness, but from the ignorance of his danger.

The right manner of growth is to grow less in one's own eyes.

The more we enjoy of God, the more we are ravished with delight.

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

Sin has the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its wages.