Occupation: Author Birth: October 18, 1662 Death: June 22, 1714
ThanksGiving is good but ThanksLiving is better..
It is not enough for us to be where God is worshipped, if we do not ourselves worship him..
When we are calling to God to turn the eye of His favor towards us He is calling to us to turn the eye of our obedience towards Him..
Days of trouble must be days of prayer..
It ought to be the business of every day to prepare for our last day..
When Christ was about to leave the world, He made His will. His soul He committed to His father; His body He bequeathed to Joseph to be decently inte….
The riches we impart are the only wealth we shall always retain..
Cast not away your confidence because God defers his performances. That which does not come in your time, will be hastened in his time, which is alwa….
It was the greatest honor God did to man that he made man in the image of God; but it is the greatest dishonor man has done to God that he has made G….
Prayer is a salve for every sore, a remedy for every malady; and when we are afflicted with thorns in the flesh, we should give ourselves to prayer. ….
The first lesson in Christ's school is self-denial..
By the light of nature we see God as a God above us, by the light of the law we see Him as a God against us, but by the light of the gospel we see Hi….
Let us watch against unbelief, pride, and self-confidence. If we go forth in our own strength, we shall faint, and utterly fall; but, waiting on the ….
They that pray in the family do well; they that pray and read the Scriptures do better; but they that pray, and read, and sing do best of all..
The more reverence we have for the Word of God, the more joy we shall find in it..
We should take heed of pride; it is a sin that turned angels into devils..
Meekness is calm confidence, settled assurance, and rest of the soul. It is the tranquil stillness of a soul that is at rest in Christ. It is the pla….
Be careful if you make a women cry, because God counts her tears. The woman came out of a man’s ribs. Not from his feet to be walked on, not from his….
Eve was not taken out of Adam's head to top him, neither out of his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under hi….
Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces..
May Christ be our joy, our confidence, our all. May we daily be made more like to Him, and more devoted to His service..