As the eye of the body once put out, can never be restored by the creature's art, so neither can the spiritual eye lost by Adam's sin be restored by the teaching of men or angels. It is one of the diseases which Christ came to cure.

The storm may be tempestuous, but it is only temporary.

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

Christ hath told us He will come, but not when, that we might never put off our clothes, or put out the candle.

Cease to pray and thou will begin to sin. Prayer is not only a means to prevail for mercy but also to prevent sin.

In heaven we shall appear, not in armour, but in robes of glory. But here these are to be worn night and day; we must walk, work, and sleep in them, or else we are not true soldiers of Christ.

Paul was Nero's prisoner, but Nero was much more God's.