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

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.

The Christian must trust in a withdrawing God.

Can Christ be in thou heart and thou not know it? Can one king be dethroned and another crowned in thy soul and thou hear no scuffle?

Let thy hope of heaven master thy fear of death.

The Christian, like a chalice without a base, cannot stand on his own nor hold what he has received any longer that God holds him in His strong hands.

Humble souls are fearful of their own strength.