1. “Few are made better by prosperity, whom afflictions make worse.”
2. “God hath made it a debt which one saint owes to another to carry their names to a throne of grace.”
3. “For a beggar to live at court is not so much s the King to dwell with him in his cottage.”
4. “Let thy hope of heaven master thy fear of death.”
5. “To forsake sin, is to eave it without any thought reserved of returning to it again.”
6. “Humble souls are fearful of their own strength.”
7. “We must come to good works by faith, and not to faith by good works.”
8. “The storm may be tempestuous but it is only temporary.”
9. “Humility is a necessary veil to all other graces.”
10. “It is no policy to let thy lusts have arms, which are sure to rise and declare against thee when thine enemy comes.”
11. “Pride of gifts robs us of God’s blessing in the use of them.”
12. “God’s wounds cure, sin’s kisses kill.”
13. “Justifying faith is not a naked assent to the truths of the gospels.”
14. “Mercy should make us ashamed, wrath afraid to sin.”
15. “Godliness is the child of truth, and it must be nursed by its own mother.”
16. “It is one thing to know a truth, and another thing to know it by unction.”
17. “Peace of conscience is nothing but the echo of pardoning mercy.”
18. We live by faith, and faith leaves by exercise.”
19. “It is not only our duty to pray for others, but also to desire the prayers of others for ourselves.”
20. “The chains of love are stronger than the chains of fear.”
21. “Compare not thyself with those that have less than thyself, but look on those that have far exceeded thee.”
22. “Least does are the greatest boasters.”
23. “The grace thou hast will soon be less, if thou addest not more to it.”
24. “Whoever hath a seed time of grace pass over his soul, shall have his harvest time also of joy.”
25. “We fear men so much, because we fear God so little.”
26. “Many lose heaven because they are ashamed to go in a fool’s cot thither.”
27. “Our enemies are on every side, so must our armour be.”
28. “No torment in the world is comparable to an accusing conscience.”
29. “We must not confide in the armour of God, but in the God of this armour, because all our weapons are only mighty through God.”
30. “Nothing is more contrary to a heavenly hope than an earthly heart.”
