happy is he that can stand the tryal: for when he has undergone the test, he shall receive that crown of life which the Lord has promised to those that love him.

consider, my dear brethren, has not God chose the poor of this world to be rich by faith, and to inherit the kingdom he has promised to those who love him?

If, agreeably to the scriptures, you observe that royal law, "thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self," you do well.

the tongue is a brand that sets the world in a combustion: it is but one of the numerous organs of the body, yet it can blast whole assemblies: tipp'd with infernal sulphur it sets the whole train of life in a blaze.

there is but one legislator, and judge, he that has the power of life and death: who art thou, to pass sentence upon another?

how do you know, what will happen to-morrow? for, "what is your life?" a vapour that just appears, and then vanishes.

your language ought to be this, "if the Lord pleases to give us life, we shall do this, or that."

you have liv'd on the earth in voluptuousness and luxury: you have indulg'd your selves as in a day of sacrifice: