All the plots of hell and commotions on earth have not so much as shaken God's hand to spoil one letter or line he has been drawing. |
Can Christ be in thy heart, and thou not know it? Can one king be dethroned and another crowned in thy soul, and thou hear no scuffle? |
Compare Scripture with Scripture. False doctrines, like false witnesses, agree not among themselves. |
God Himself underwrites your battle and has appointed His own Son "the captain of your salvation". |
God's wounds cure, sin's kisses kill |
Great comforts do, indeed, bear witness to the truth of thy grace, but not to the degree of it; the weak child is oftener in the lap than the strong one. |
Humility is a necessary veil to all other graces |
In heaven we shall appear, not in armour, but in robes of glory. But here these are to be worn night and day; we must walk, work, and sleep in them, or else we are not true soldiers of Christ. |
Let your hope of heaven master your fear of death. |
Mercy should make us ashamed, wrath afraid to sin |
Never was a faithful prayer lost. Some prayers have a longer voyage than others, but then they return with their richer lading at last, so that the praying soul is a gainer by waiting for an answer. |
Sin disabled man to keep God's law, but it doth not enfranchise or disoblige him that he need not keep it |
The Christian must trust in a withdrawing God. |
The soldier is summoned to a life of active duty and so is the Christian. |
We have peace with God as soon as we believe, but not always with ourselves. The pardon may be past the prince's hand and seal, and yet not put into the prisoner's hand. |