The true knowing, living Christian complains more frequently and more bitterly of the wants and woes within him, than without him(55).

Do you think none shall be saved but puritans(89)?

The falseness of your own hearts, if you look not to them, may undo you(15).

Remember with whom thou hast to do: what canst thou expect from dust but levity; or from corruption, but defilement(33)?

Sinner, I would be loth to have thy soul destroyed by wilful self-delusion. . . . So consequently, there is a despair which is a grievous sin; and there is a despair which is absolutely necessary to thy salvation. I would not have thee despair of the sufficiency of the blood of Christ to save thee, if thou believe, and heartily obey him; nor of the willingness of God to pardon and save thee, if thou be such a one; nor yet absolutely of thy own salvation; because, while there is life and time, there is some hope of thy conversion, and so of thy salvation. . . . Never stick at the sadness of the conclusion, man, but acknowledge plainly, If I die before I get out of this estate, I am lost forever. It is as good deal truly with thyself as not; God will not flatter thee, he will deal plainly whether thou do or not. The very truth is, this kind of despair is one of the first steps to heaven(233).

[O]ur applications are quicker about our sufferings, than our sins(77)[.]