The Christian soldier must avoid two evils - he must not faint or yield in the time of fight, and after a victory he must not wax insolent and secure….

Afflictions, like bills and pikes, make a terrible show when they cannot reach us; but the temptations of prosperity, like unseen bullets, wound and ….

For as a city which has been once besieged and not sacked will ever after be more strong to hold out if it be assaulted by the like danger.... so tho….

The Lord does not measure out our afflictions according to our faults, but according to our strength, and looks not what we have deserved, but what w….