Therefore tremble, O man, at any power thou hast, except thou usest it for God. Art thou strong in body; who hath thy strength? God, or thy lusts?
CEASE to PRAY and thou will BEGIN to SIN.
Paul was Nero's prisoner, but Nero was much more God's.
He that loves the Word and the purity of its precepts cannot turn traitor.
When people do not mind what God speaks to them in His word, God doth as little mind what they say to Him in prayer.
How many, alas, of the precious saints of God must we shut out from being believers, if there is no faith but what amounts to assurance.... shall we say their faith went away in the departure of their assurance?