Sincerity carries the soul in all simplicity to open its heart to God.
Prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled with God.
Though it be said that faith cometh by hearing, yet it is the Spirit that worketh faith in the heart through hearing, or else they are not profited by hearing.
Christ is the desire of nations, the joy of angels, the delight of the Father. What solace then must that soul be filled with, that has the possession of Him to all eternity!
Temptations, when we meet them at first, are as the lion that reared upon Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them.
Then I saw that there was a way to hell, even from the gates of heaven.
It is profitable for Christians to be often calling to mind the very beginnings of grace with their souls.
The man that takes up religion for the world will throw away religion for the world.
As your faith is, such your hope will be. Hope is never ill when faith is well, nor strong if faith be weak.
A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably.
I have given Him my faith, and sworn my allegiance to Him; how, then, can I go back from this, and not be hanged as a traitor?
He that forgets his friend is ungrateful to him; but he that forgets his Saviour is unmerciful to himself.
Prayer is a shield to the soul.
Sleep is sweet to the labouring man.
You have chosen the roughest road, but it leads straight to the hilltops.
I will stay in jail to the end of my days before I make a butchery of my conscience.
Afflictions make the heart more deep, more experimental, more knowing and profound, and so, more able to hold, to contain, and beat more.
The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and they that lack the beginning have neither middle nor end.
He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.
To pray rightly, you must make God your hope, stay, and all. Right prayer sees nothing substantial or worth being concerned about except God.