Christian contentment is that sweet, inward, quiet, gracious frame of spirit, which freely submits to and delights in God’s wise and fatherly disposal in every condition. –-Jeremiah Burroughs
To bless God for mercies — is the way to increase them.
To bless Him for miseries — is the way to remove them. –William Dyer
Let us use worldly things as wise pilgrims do their staves and other necessities convenient for their journey. So long as they help us forward in our way — let us make use of them, and accordingly esteem them. But if they become troublesome hindrances and cumbersome burdens — let us leave them behind us, or cast them away. The temptations of prosperity, like unseen bullets, wound and kill us before they are discerned. –George Downame
We fear men so much — because we fear God so little. One fear cures another. When man’s terror scares you — turn your thoughts to the wrath of God. –William Gurnall
How sweet is rest, after fatigue! How sweet will Heaven be, when our toilsome journey is ended. –-George Whitefield
Take a saint, and put him into any condition — and he knows how to rejoice in the Lord. –Walter Cradock
When we grow careless of keeping our souls — then God recovers our taste of good things again by sharp crosses. –Richard Sibbes
Temptations, when we meet them at first, are as the lion that reared upon Samson; but if we overcome them, the next time we see them we shall find a nest of honey within them. –John Bunyan
Humility is the robe of all the sons of God — and the distinguishing character of a true Christian. Humility is the only way to glory. True humility never desires to show itself because it intends to hide, not only other virtues, but above all, itself. –Daniel Cawdrey
The lesser we discern pride in ourselves — the more it reigns in our hearts. –William Perkins
Poverty and affliction take away the fuel that feeds pride. –Richard Sibbes
Your life is short, your duties many, your assistance great, and your reward sure. Therefore faint not, hold on and hold up, in ways of well-doing, and Heaven shall make amends for all! –Thomas Brooks
“God is the highest good of the reasonable creature. The enjoyment of him is our proper; and is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied. To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here. Better than fathers and mothers, husbands, wives, or children, or the company of any, or all earthly friends. These are but shadows; but the enjoyment of God is the substance. These are but scattered beams; but God is the sun. These are but streams; but God is the fountain. These are but drops, but God is the ocean.” –Jonhathan Edwards
“For a close, remember this, that your life is short, your duties many, your assistance great, and your reward sure; therefore faint not, hold on and hold up, in ways of well-doing, and heaven shall make amends for all.” –Thomas Brooks
“O my Mansoul, I have lived, I have died, I live, and I will die no more for thee. I live that thou mayest not die. Because I live thou shalt live also; I reconciled thee to my Father by the blood of My cross, and being reconciled thou shalt live through me. I will pray for thee, I will fight for thee, I will yet do thee good. Nothing can hurt thee but sin; nothing can grieve Me but sin; nothing can make thee base before thy foes but sin; take heed of sin, my Mansoul.” –John Bunyan
“The way to Heaven is ascending; we must be content to travel uphill, though it be hard and tiresome, and contrary to the natural bias of our flesh.”--Jonathan Edwards
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