The very design of the gospel doth tend to self-abasing; and the work of grace is begun and carried on in humiliation. Humility is not a mere ornamen….

When Christ comes with regenerating grace, he finds no man sitting still, but all posting to eternal ruin, and making haste toward hell; till, by con….

If it will be an intolerable thing to suffer the heat of fire for a year or a day, or an hour, what will it be to suffer ten thousand times more for ….

Life is short, and we are dull, and eternal things are necessary, and the souls that depend on our teaching are precious..

Sinners, hear and consider, if you wilfully condemn your souls to bestiality, God will condemn them to perpetual misery..

It is past all question, and agreed on by all sides, that no religion will save a man who is not serious, sincere, and diligent in it. If thou be of ….

Sit not down without assurance. Get alone, and bring thy heart to the bar of trial; force it to answer the interrogatories put to it; set the qualifi….

It is not a terrible thing to a wretched soul, when it shall lie roaring perpetually in the flames of hell, and the God of mercy himself shall laugh ….

This life was not intended to be the place of our perfection, but the preparation for it..

Do not waste your time on light, weak, milk­toast ministries and books.

The longer you delay, the more your sin gets strength and rooting. If you cannot bend a twig, how will you be able to bend it when it is a tree?.

Study hard, for the well is deep, and our brains are shallow..

'Tis hard preaching a stone into tears, or making a rock to tremble..

Tomorrow is always the sluggard's working day; today is his holiday.

Special mercy arouses more gratitude than universal mercy..

I have pain; there is no arguing against sense, but I have peace, I have peace..

Unity in things Necessary, Liberty in things Unnecessary, and Charity in all..

Do not mathematics and all sciences seem full of contradictions and impossibilities to the ignorant, which are all resolved and cleared to those that….

Never does sin so reign in the Church or State, as when it has gained reputation,or, at least, is no disgrace to the sinner,nor is a matter od offenc….

Will any man that hath not lost his senses, now stand caviling, and quarrelling, that so few should be saved, instead of making sure of his own salva….

I like to hear a man dwell much on the same essentials of Christianity. For we have but one God, and one Christ, and one faith to preach; and I will ….