Prayer must carry on our work as much as preaching; he preacheth not heartily to his people that will not pray for them..

God takes men's hearty desires and will, instead of the deed, where they have not power to fulfill it; but he never took the bare deed instead of the….

A man pleaser cannot be true to God, because he is a servant to the enemies of his service; the wind of a man's mouth will drive him about as the cha….

See that your chief study be about heart, that there God's image may be planted, and his interest advanced, and the interest of the world and flesh s….

Use sin as it will use you; spare it not, for it will not spare you; it is your murderer, and the murderer of the world: use it, therefore, as a murd….

We must study as hard how to live well as how to preach well..

A holy and heavenly life is a continual pain to the consciences of sinners around you and continually solicits them to change their course..

Death is half disarmed when the pleasures and interests of the flesh are first denied..

A foolish physician he is, and a most unfaithful friend, that will let a sick man die for fear of troubling him; and cruel wretches are we to our fri….

Make careful choice of the books which you read: let the holy Scriptures ever have the preeminence..

I tell you again, God hath not ordinarily decreed the end without the means; and if you will neglect the means of salvation, it is a certain mark tha….

If they can see you love them, you can say anything to them..

I take the love of God and self-denial to be the sum of all saving grace and religion..

If family religion were duly attended to and properly discharged, I think the preaching of the Word would not be the common instrument of conversion..

A little love has made me willingly study, preach, write, and even suffer..

Get masters of families to do their duty, and they will not only spare you a great deal of labor, but will much further the success of your labors. Y….

You may know God, but not comprehend Him..

I preached as never sure to preach again, And as a dying man to dying men..

Sinful zeal doth make men doubly sinful..

In my library I have profitably and pleasantly dwelt among the shining lights, with which the learned, wise, and holy men of all ages have illuminate….

It is true, that men may have Christ whenever they are willing to comply with His terms. But if you are not willing now, how can you think you shall ….