The more bitterness we taste in sin, the more sweetness we shall taste in Christ.
Ministers can but speak to the ear, the Spirit speaks to the heart.
We must love God more for what He is, than for what He bestows.
Better is that sin which humbles me, than that duty which makes me proud.
Be like Noah’s dove. She made use of her wings to fly, but trust in the ark for safety.
The worst that God does to His children is to whip them to heaven.
When promises are verified, God’s truth is magnified.
Obedience without knowledge is blind, and knowledge without obedience is lame.
Our sins should humble us, but they must not discourage us from coming to Christ.
It is better to go to heaven with a few, than to hell in the crowd.
If God should show mercy only to such as deserve it, he must show mercy to none.
God comes down to us by his Spirit, and we go up to him by prayer.
Either sin must drown in the tears of repentance – or the soul must burn in hell.
If we do not regard God when he speaks to us, he will not regard us when we pray to him.
The race is short between the cradle and the grave!
If you set your love on worldly things, they will not satisfy.
Affliction promotes holiness. The more the diamond is cut, the more it sparkles!
It is not how much we do, but how much we love.
Many like to hear of the love of Christ, but not of loving their enemies; they like the comforts of the word, but not its reproofs.
In a word a contented Christian, being sweetly captivated under the authority of the Word, desires to be wholly at God’s disposal and is willing to live in that sphere and climate where God has set him.