As you love your peace, Christian, be plain-hearted with God and man, and keep the king's highway.

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.

Set a strong guard about thy outward senses: these are Satan's landing places, especially the eye and the ear.

All the plots of hell and commotions on earth have not so much as shaken God's hand to spoil one letter or line he has been drawing.

Of all creatures in this visible world, light is the most glorious; of all light, the light of the sun without compare excels the rest.

Satan cannot deny but that great wonders have been wrought by prayer. As the spirit of prayer goes up, so his kingdom goes down. Satan's strategems against prayer are three. First, if he can, he will keep thee from prayer. If that be not feasible, secondly, he will strive to interrupt thee in prayer. And, thirdly, if that plot takes not, he will labour to hinder the success of thy prayer.

We are justified, not by giving anything to God,--what we do,--but by receiving from God, what Christ hath done for us.