Whatever we have of this world in our hands, our care must be to keep it out of our hearts, lest it come between us and Christ.
— Matthew Henry
They have most satisfaction in themselves, and consequently the sweetest relish of their creature comforts.
The better day, the worse deed.
Sanctified afflictions are spiritual promotions.
No attribute of God is more dreadful to sinners than His holiness.
It is not talking but walking that will bring us to heaven.
It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast themselves most of their being near to the Church.
He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.
Better late than never.
Saying and doing are two things.
Those that go gold into the furnace will come out no worse.
The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve its purity.
So great was the extremity of his pain and anguish, that he did not only sigh but roar.
Not lost, but gone before.
Men of polite learning and a liberal education.
It is not fit the public trusts should be lodged in the hands of any, till they are first proved and found fit for the business they are to be entrusted with.
Here is bread, which strengthens man's heart, and therefore is called the staff of Life.
Goodness makes greatness truly valuable, and greatness makes goodness much more serviceable.
After a storm comes a calm.
Eve was not taken out of Adam's head to top him, neither out of his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected by him, and near his heart to be loved by him.
They that die by famine die by inches.
The Scriptures were written, not to make us astronomers, but to make us saints.
Shallows where a lamb could wade and depths where an elephant would drown.
None so deaf as those that will not hear. None so blind as those that will not see.
Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in gay, fine colours, that are but skin-deep.
It is good news, worthy of all acceptation; and yet not too good to be true.
He whose head is in heaven need not fear to put his feet into the grave.
Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces.
It is good for us to keep some account of our prayers, that we may not unsay them in our practice.
