There is no readier way for a man to bring his own worth into question than by endeavoring to detract from the worth of other men.

Let no man deceive you with vain words or vain hopes or false notions of a slight and sudden repentance. As if heaven were a hospital founded on purpose to receive all sick and maimed persons that, when they can live no longer to the lusts of the flesh and the sinful pleasures of this world, can but put up a cold and formal petition to be admitted there. No, no, as sure as God is true, they shall never see the Kingdom of God who, instead of seeking it in the first place, make it their last refuge and retreat.

Every man hath greater assurance that God is good and just than he can have of any subtle speculations about predestination and the decrees of God.

Of some calamity we can have no relief but from God alone; and what would men do, in such a case if it were not for God?

Was ever any wicked man free from the stings of a guilty conscience?

There is no man that is knowingly wicked but is guilty to himself; and there is no man that carries guilt about him but he receives a sting in his soul.