"An active faith can give thanks for a promise even though it be not yet performed, knowing that God's bonds are as go…"

"I thank Thee first because I was never robbed before; second, because although they took my purse they did not take m…"

"Do nothing till thou hast well considered the end of it."

"The way to preserve the peace of the church is to preserve the purity of it."

"The sentences in the book of providence are sometimes long, and you must read a great way before you understand their…"

"In all God's providences, it is good to compare His word and His works together; for we shall find a beautiful harmon…"

"It is good news, worthy of all acceptation; and yet not too good to be true."

"It is not fit the public trusts should be lodged in the hands of any, till they are first proved and found fit for th…"

"Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordina…"

"They that die by famine die by inches."