God Warns Before He Wounds.

Hard Words Indeed Break No Bones, But Many A Heart Has Been Broken By Them.

When He [the Slothful Person] Is Pressed To Be Diligent, Either In His Worldly Affairs Or In The Business Of Religion, This Is His Excuse (and A Sorry Excuse It Is As Bad As None).

Those That Set God Always Before Them And Walk Before Him With All Their Hearts, Shall Find Him As Good As His Word And Better; He Will Both Keep Covenant With Them And Show Mercy To Them.

What Harrowing Is After Sowing, The Same Is Meditation After Hearing--it Hides The Word.

Extraordinary Afflictions Are Not Always The Punishment Of Extraordinary Sins, But Sometimes The Trial Of Extraordinary Graces.