Satan will be ready to help forward such thoughts as a fit medium to lift thee up , and slacken thy care in duty for the future. Such discoveries do indeed bear witness to the truth of thy grace, but not to the degree and measure of it. The weak child may be, yea, is, oftener in the lap than the strong.

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

We must not confide in the armour of God, but in the God of this armour, because all our weapons are only mighty through God.

Bid faith look through the key-hole of the promise, and tell thee what it sees there laid up for him that overcomes; bid it listen and tell thee whether it cannot hear the shout of those crowned saints, as of those that are dividing the spoil, and receiving the reward of all their services and sufferings here on earth.

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

The mightier any is in the word, the more mighty he will be in prayer.

Whoever hath a seed time of grace pass over his soul, shall have his harvest time also of joy.