Never was a faithful prayer lost. Some prayers have a longer voyage than others, but then they return with their richer lading at last, so that the praying soul is a gainer by waiting for an answer.
Christ bears with the saints' imperfections; well may the saints one with another.
Of all creatures in this visible world, light is the most glorious; of all light, the light of the sun without compare excels the rest.
The Christian must trust in a withdrawing God.
Humility is a necessary veil to all other graces.
Let your hope of heaven master your fear of death.
Humble souls are fearful of their own strength.
The grace thou hast will soon be less, if thou addest not more to it.
In heaven we shall appear, not in armour, but in robes of glory. But here these are to be worn night and day; we must walk, work, and sleep in them, or else we are not true soldiers of Christ.
Mercy should make us ashamed, wrath afraid to sin.
God's wounds cure, sin's kisses kill.
Men are what they see and judge; though some do not fill up their light, yet none go beyond it.
God hath made it a debt which one saint owes to another to carry their names to a throne of grace.
Godliness, as well as the doctrine of our faith, is a mystery.
The sins of teachers are the teachers of sin.
It is not only our duty to pray for others, but also to desire the prayers of others for ourselves.
All the plots of hell and commotions on earth have not so much as shaken God's hand to spoil one letter or line he has been drawing.
Great comforts do, indeed, bear witness to the truth of thy grace, but not to the degree of it; the weak child is oftener in the lap than the strong one.
And while God had work for Paul, he found him friends both in court and prison. Let persecutors send saints to prison, God can provide a keeper for their turn.
Justifying faith is not a naked assent to the truths of the gospel.
