The more he cast away, the more he had.
Temptation provokes me to look upward to God.
He that is down needs fear no fall.
Though there is not always grace where there is the fear of hell, yet, to be sure, there is no grace where there is no fear of God.
The Lord uses his flail of tribulation to separate the chaff from the wheat.
Nothing can render affliction so insupportable as the load of sin. Would you then be fitted for afflictions? Be sure to get the burden of your sins laid aside, and then what affliction soever you may meet with will be very easy to you.
I am content with what I have, little be it, or much.
I love to hear my Lord spoken of, and wherever I have seen the print of His shoe in the earth, there have I coveted to put mine also.
There can be but one will the master in our salvation, but that shall never be the will of man, but of God; therefore man must be saved by grace.
Pray and read, read and pray; for a little from God is better than a great deal from men.
To run and work the law commands, but gives us neither feet nor hands. But better news the gospel brings, it bids us fly and gives us wings.
Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark, when high and learned ones do only pierce the air.
Without the Spirit man is so infirm that he cannot, with all other means whatsoever, be enabled to think one right saving thought of God, of Christ, or of his blessed things.
For to speak the truth, there are but few that care thus to spend their time, but choose rather to be speaking of things to no profit.
God, as I may say, is forced to break men’s hearts, before he can make them willing to cry to him, or be willing that he should have any concerns with them; the rest shut their eyes, stop their ears, withdraw their hearts, or say unto God, Be gone.
There is enough sin in my best prayer to send the whole world to Hell.
The Author’s Way of sending forth his Second Part of the Pilgrim. Some things are of that nature as to make One’s fancy chuckle, while his heart doth ache.
He that lives in sin and looks for happiness hereafter is likehimthat soweth cockleand thinkstofill hisbarnwith wheat or barley.
The greatness of God, of the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, is that, if rightly considered, which will support the spirits of those of his people that are frighted with the greatness of their adversaries.
I will stay in prison till the moss grows on my eye lids rather than disobey God.