When God calls a man, He does not repent of it. God does not, as many friends do, love one day, and hate another; or as princes, who make their subjects favourites, and afterwards throw theminto prison. This is the blessedness of a saint; his condition admits of no alteration. God's call is founded upon His decree, and His decree is immutable. Acts of grace cannot be reversed.God blots out His people's sins, but not their names.

Affliction has a sting, out withal a wing: sorrow shall fly away.

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

Prayer is the soul's breathing itself into the bosom of its heavenly Father.

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

A man's greatest care should be for that place where he lives longest; therefore eternity should be his scope.

Knowledge is the eye which must direct the foot of obedience.