"To profess religion when the times favour it is no great matter... Dead fish swim down the stream, living fish swim against it." p. 6
"Sin is never the better because it is in fashion." p. 7
"One man's zeal is a burning torch for others to light at." p. 8
"If anyone ask what Christ died of, it may be answered, He died of love." p. 10
"If a lame man laugh at you for walking upright, will you therefore limp?" p. 11
"God is so great that the Christian is afraid of displeasing Him, and so good that he is afraid of losing Him." p. 13
"There is a difference between fearing God, and being afraid of God; the godly fear God as a child does his father, the wicked are afraid of God as the prisoner is of the judge." p. 14
"Lack of the fear of God is the innate cause of all wickedness." p. 19
"Every sin is founded in ignorance," p. 20
"All the moral virtues in their highest elevation do not make a saint, but here is his true character, he is one that fears God." p. 25
"... in respect of God's infinite majesty, there will be some of this blessed fear in heaven. Not a fear that has torment in it, for perfect love will cast out fear, but a holy, sweet, reverential fear. Though God has so much beauty in Him as shall cause love, and joy, in heaven, yet this beauty is mixed with so much majesty, as shall cause a veneration in glorified saints." p. 29
"Carnal fear is an enemy to religion. The fear of God frightens it away; it causes courage." p. 32
"... there is more evil in a drop of sin, than in a sea of affliction." p. 37
"The reason men do not fear God is become they entertain slight thoughts of Him." p. 61
"What men delight in, they will be speaking of." p. 74
"O my soul, shall I admire the drip and not the ocean? Shall I think of the workmanship, and not of Him that made it?" p. 79
"The reason our affections are so chilled and cold in religion is that we do not warm them with the thoughts of God." p. 86
"If God is thinking of us day and night, shall not we think of His Name?" p. 89
"Honey is sweet, but the honeycomb is viscous and bitter, and can hardly be eaten; yet such was Christ's love to His spouse, that He ate of her honeycomb, her services mixed with imperfection, and was pleased to take delight in them. Oh, the love of God, that He should have respect to our offerings that are interlaced with sin!" p. 100
"What an honour will it be to have the names and worthy deeds of the saints mentioned, and God Himself to be the herald to proclaim their praises." p. 110
"He who brought Isaac out of a dead womb, and the Messiah out of a virgin's womb, what can He not do?" p. 118
"God never entered into covenant with the angels when they fell, but He proclaims Himself God in covenant with believers, 'They shall be mine.'" p. 119
"This has made the saints desire death, as the bride her wedding day." p. 124
"'All men', says Chrysostom, 'are ambitious of honour'; but the true honour comes from God." p. 127
"All the affections of parents come from God. They are but a drop of His ocean, a spark of His flame. God's love is a love that 'passeth knowledge.' The saints cannot love their own souls so entirely as God loves them." p. 142-143
"Three things may cause boldness in prayer; the saints have a Father to pray to, the Spirit to help them pray, and Jesus Christ as their Advocate to present their prayers." p. 145
"Let us imitate God in this one thing: As God spares us, and passes by many failures, so let us be sparing of our censures of others; let us look upon the weaknesses and indiscretions of our brethren with a more tender compassionate eye." p. 148
"When prosperity makes grace rust, God scours us with affliction." p. 157
"Affliction cannot do the mischief that sin does." p. 161
"The wicked drink a sea of wrath; the godly sip only of the cup of affliction." p. 164
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