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CHRIST and His truth will not divide; His truth hath not latitude and breadth, that ye may take some of it, and leave other some. Nay, the gospel is like a small hair, that hath no breadth, and will not cleave in two. It is not possible to mix and compound a matter bewtixt Christ and Antichrist; and therefore, ye must either be for Christ, or ye must be against Him.
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Oh, that Christ would come near, and stand still, and give me leave to look upon Him! For to look seemeth the poor man’s privilege, since he may, for nothing, and without hire, behold the sun. I should have a king’s life, if I had no other thing to do than for evermore to behold my fair Lord Jesus; nay, suppose I were holden out at heaven’s fair entry, I should be happy for evermore to look through a hole in the door, and see my dearest and fairest Lord’s face. O great King, why standest thou aloof? Why remainest thou beyond the mountains? O Well-beloved, why dost thou pain a poor soul with delays? A long time out of thy glorious presence is two deaths and two hells to me.
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Oh, if I could be master of that house-idol, myself, my own mind, my own will, wit, credit, and ease, how blessed were I! But we have need to be redeemed from ourselves, rather than from the devil and the world!
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Joy, much joy, may ye have of Christ; but take His cross with Himself cheerfully. Christ and His cross are not separable in this life; howbeit they part at heaven’s door, for there is no house-room for crosses in heaven.
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If joy and comforts come singly and alone, without Christ Himself, I think I would send them back again the way they came, and not make them welcome; but, when the King’s train cometh, and the King in the midst of the company, oh, how I am overjoyed with floods of love!
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Shrink not at suffering for Christ; for Christ hath a chair, and a cushion, and sweet peace for a sufferer. If my sufferings cry goodness, and praise, and honour upon Christ, my stipend is well paid.
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I deny nothing that the Mediator will challenge me of; but I turn it all back upon upon Himself. When Christ saith, “I want repentance,” I meet Him with this: “True, Lord, but thou art made a Prince and a Saviour to give me repentance.” When Christ bindeth a challenge upon us, we must bind a promise back upon Him.