“Our heart oft times wakes when we sleep, and God can speak to that, either by words, by proverbs, by signs and similitudes, as well as if one was awake.”

“Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark; when high and learned ones do only pierce the air.”

“Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.”

“This hill, though high, I covet to ascend; The difficulty will not me offend. For I perceive the way to life lies here. Come, pluck up, heart; let's neither faint nor fear. Better, though di...”

“Whoso beset him round With dismal stories Do but themselves confound; His strength the more is.”