“The motions of Grace, the hardness of heart; external circumstances.”

“Happiness can be found neither in ourselves nor in external things, but in God and in ourselves as united to him.”

“Thus I stretch out my arms to my Saviour, who, after being foretold for four thousand years, came on earth to die and suffer for me at the time and in the circumstances foretold. By his grace I peaceably await death, in the hope of being eternally united to him, and meanwhile I live joyfully, whether in the blessings which he is pleased to bestow on me or in the affliction he sends me for my own good and taught me how to endure by his example.”

“The two foundations; one inward, the other outward; grace, miracles; both supernatural.”

“There is a certain standard of grace and beauty which consists in a certain relation between our nature... and the thing which pleases us.”

“When a soldier complains of his hard life (or a labourer, etc.) try giving him nothing to do.”

“The heart has reasons that reason cannot know.”