“We may rest assured that God would never have suffered any infants to be slain except those who were already damned and predestined for eternal death.”

Whenever the Lord holds us in suspense, and delays his aid, he is not therefore asleep, but, on the contrary, regulates all His works in such a manner that he does nothing but at the proper time.

God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.

You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy.

A man will be justified by faith when, excluded from righteousness of works, he by faith lays hold of the righteousness of Christ, and clothed in it, appears in the sight of God not as a sinner, but as righteous.

We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.

Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.

The Scriptures should be read with the aim of finding Christ in them. Whoever turns aside from this object, even though he wears himself out all his life in learning, he will never reach the knowledge of the truth.

The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble.

Human will does not by liberty obtain grace, but by grace obtains liberty.

My heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.

Men are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. for when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their success.

When God designs to forgive us he changes our hearts and turns us to obedience by His Spirit.

We must make the invisible kingdom visible in our midst.

It is a most blessed thing to be subject to the sovereignty of God.

If a preacher is not first preaching to himself, better that he falls on the steps of the pulpit and breaks his neck than preaches that sermon.

We can experience joy in adverse circumstances by holding God’s benefits in such esteem that the recognition of them and meditation upon them shall overcome all sorrow.

If I die innocent the shame will fall on those who are the cause of my death, since all sort of iniquity is attended with shame.

I think of death only with tranquility, as an end. I refuse to let death hamper life. Death must enter life only to define it.

The way is shut. It was made by those who are Dead, and the Dead keep it, until the time comes. The way is shut.

Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.

Alas, it is when we are beginning to leave this mortal body that it most offends us!

Better a good journalist than a poor assassin.

When passion dies friendship hovers round our flesh like flies.

He is always becoming, and if it were not for the contingency of death, he would never end.