Though the way of religion has thorns in it with respect to…

The excellence of a thing is the end for which it was made; as of a star to give light, and of a plant to be fruitful. So the excellence of a Christian is to answer the end of his creation, which is to hallow God’s name, and live to that …

Obedience carries in it the life-blood of religion.

Though heaven be given us freely, yet we must contend for it, "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might" (Eccl. 9:10)

Seriousness is the Christian's ballast which keeps him from being overturned with vanity.

There is nothing that can hurt the soul but sin; it is not affliction that hurts it, it often makes it better, as the furnace makes gold the purer; but it is sin that damnifies.

We may read many truths in the Bible, but we cannot know them savingly, till God by his Spirit shines upon our soul.