If thou dost not stumble at this stone, the devil hath another at hand to throw in the way. He is not so unskillful a fowler as to go with one single shot into the field; and therefore expect him, as soon as he hath discharged one, and missed thee, to let fly at thee with a second.
Topics: Struggles Source: A Puritan Golden Treasury
Paul was Nero's prisoner, but Nero was much more God's.
No, the Christian must stand fixed to his principles, and not change his habit; but freely show what countryman he is by his holy constancy in the truth.
Sin disabled man to keep God's law, but it doth not enfranchise or disoblige him that he need not keep it.