A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him.

There is a burden of care in getting riches; fear in keeping them; temptation in using them; guilt in abusing them; sorrow in losing them; and a burden of account at last to be given concerning them.

To wait on God is to live a life of desire toward Him, delight in Him, dependence on Him, and devotedness to Him.

Scriptures were written, not to satisfy our curiosity and make us astronomers, but to lead us to God, and make us saints.

What God requires of us he himself works in us, or it is not done. He that commands faith, holiness, and love, creates them by the power of his grace going along with his word, that he may have all the praise.

No attribute of God is more dreadful to sinners than His holiness.