Of all the preaching in the world, I hate that preaching which tends to make the hearers laugh, or to move their minds with tickling levity and affect them as stage plays used to, instead of affecting them with a holy reverence for the name of God.
It is a contradiction to be a true Christian and not humble.
Unity in things Necessary, Liberty in things Unnecessary, and Charity in all.
Hell is paved with infants skulls.
To be the people of God without regeneration, is as impossible as to be the children of men without generation.
We are ignorant of things necessary, because we learn things superfluous and unnecessary.
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 friends, that will rather suffer them to go quietly to hell, then we will anger them, or hazard our reputation with them.
I have pain; but I have peace, I have peace.
Christ leads me through no darker rooms than He went through before.
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 murderer should be used. Kill it before it kills you.
In hell, sinners shall forever lay all the blame on their own wills. Hell is a rational torment by conscience.
Preach to yourselves the sermons which you study, before you preach them to others.
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 chaff, from any duty, and to any sin.
The very design of the gospel doth tend to self-abasing; and the work of grace is begun and carried on in humiliation. Humility is not a mere ornament of a Christian, but an essential part of the new creature: it is a contradiction to be a sanctified man, or a true Christian, and not humble.
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 that God hath not decreed you to salvation. But you shall find that He hath left you no excuse, because He hath not thus predestined you.
Keep company with the more cheerful sort of the Godly; there is no mirth like the mirth of believers.
While doubt cannot be expelled, it can be subdued.
To live among such excellent helps as our libraries afford, to have so many silent wise companions whenever we please.
The more perfect the sight is the more delightful the beautiful object. The more perfect the appetite, the sweeter the food. The more musical the ear, the more pleasant the melody. The more perfect the soul, the more joyous the joys of heaven, and the more glorious that glory.
Be careful how you spend your time: Spend your time in nothing which you know must be repented of.