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

Let thy hope of heaven master thy fear of death. Why shouldst thou be afraid to die, who hopest to live by dying!

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

He that loves the Word and the purity of its precepts cannot turn traitor.

Humble souls are fearful of their own strength.

We have peace with God as soon as we believe, but not always with ourselves. The pardon may be past the prince's hand and seal, and yet not put into the prisoner's hand.

Thou hast no life to lose, because thou hast given it already to Christ, nor can man take away that without God's leave.