Happiness is the end of the creation, as appears by this, because the creation had as good not be, as not rejoice in its being. For certainly it was the goodness of the Creator that moved Him to create; and how can we conceive of another […]
The true Christian is called to be a soldier, and must behave as such from the day of his conversion to the day of his death—he must fight his own flesh.
True holiness does not consist merely of believing and feeling, but of doing and bearing, and a practical exhibition of active and passive grace.
If this world and the good things of the same could be enjoyed forever, it would be but of small value. ... But the life and salvation of the soul is of inestimable worth and value.
Fearfully and wonderfully, therefore, am I made, and designed for nobler ends and uses, than for a few days to eat, and drink, and sleep, and talk, and die. My soul is of more value than ten thousand worlds. —John Flavel Works, 2:524.