If a man that is desperately sick today, did believe he should arise sound the next morning; or a man today, in despicable poverty, had assurance tha….

Make careful choice of the books which you read: let the holy scriptures ever have the pre-eminence, and, next to them, those solid, lively, heavenly….

You are not likely to see any general reformation, till you procure family reformation..

We are ignorant of things necessary, because we learn things superfluous and unnecessary.

The heart is naturally hard, and grows harder by custom in sin, especially by long abuse of mercy, neglect of the means of grace, and resisteing the ….

It is as hard a thing to maintain a sound understanding, a tender conscience, a lively, gracious, heavenly spirit, and an upright life in the midst o….

O what a blessed day that will be when I shall . . . stand on the shore and look back on the raging seas I have safely passed; when I shall review my….

It is not the reading of many books which is necessary to make a man wise or good, but the well-reading of a few, could he be sure to have the best. ….

Lord, I surrender. I am completely overcome by your love..

In hell, sinners shall forever lay all the blame on their own wills. Hell is a rational torment by conscience..

Till men are deeply humbled, they can part with Christ and Salvation for a lust, for a little wordly gain, for that which is less than nothing. But w….

We shall then have joy without sorrow, and rest without weariness...Be of good cheer, Christian, the time is near, when God and thou shalt be near, a….

Above all be much in secret prayer and meditation. By this you will fetch the heavenly fire that must kindle your sacrifice: remember you cannot decl….

My Lord, I have nothing to do in this World, but to seek and serve thee; I have nothing to do with a Heart and its affections, but to breathe after t….

You will cast away your cards and dice when you find the sweetness of youthful learning..

What we most value, we shall think no pains too great to gain..

The churchyard is the market place where all things are rated at their true value, and those who are approaching it talk of the world and its vanitie….

Most (Christians) have an ungrounded trust in Christ, hoping that He will pardon, justify and save them, while the world has their hearts, and they l….

Keep up a humble sense of your own faults, and that will make you compassionate to others.

We must feel toward our people as a father toward his children; yea, the most tender love of a mother must not surpass ours. We must even travail in ….

I remember myself, that when I was young, I had sometime the company of one ancient godly minister, who was of weaker parts than many others, but yet….