And while God had work for Paul, he found him friends both in court and prison. Let persecutors send saints to prison, God can provide a keeper for their turn.

Set a strong guard about thy outward senses: these are Satan's landing places, especially the eye and the ear.

Prayer is nothing but the promise reversed, or God's Word formed into an argument, and retorted by faith upon God again.

One Almighty is more than all mighties

It is no policy to let thy lusts have arms, which are sure to rise and declare against thee when thine enemy comes.

Oh, it is sad for a poor Christian to stand at the door of the promise, in the dark night of affliction, afraid to draw the latch, whereas he should then come boldly for shelter as a child into his father's house.

For a beggar to live at court is not so much as the King to dwell with him in his cottage.