There are many who are lip servants but not life servants.
The bending of men's hearts to believe and persevere are the supernatural fruits of God's eternal decree, and not the natural fruits of man's depraved and frail free-will.
There is nothing destroyed by sanctification but that which would destroy us.
As the wicked are hurt by the best things, so the godly are bettered by the worst.
The best way never to fall is ever to fear.
To forsake Christ for the world, is to leave a treasure for a trifle, eternity for a moment, reality for a shadow