...when We Are Waiting Upon God To

Those May Justly Be Reckoned Void Of Understanding That Do Not Bless And Praise God; Nor Do Men Ever Rightly Use Their Reason Till They Begin To Be Religious, Nor Live As Men Till They Live To The Glory Of God. As Reason Is The Substratum Or Subject Of Religion (so That Creatures Which Have No Reason Are Not Capable Of Religion), So Religion Is The Crown And Glory Of Reason, And We Have Our Reason In Vain, And Shall One Day Wish We Had Never Had It, If We Do Not Glorify God With It.

Were We To Think More Of Our Own Mistakes And Offences, We Should Be Less Apt To Judge Other People.

It Is Good For Us To Keep Some Account Of Our Prayers, That We May Not Unsay Them In Our Practice.

Riches Are A Blessing Or A Curse To A Man According As He Has Or Has Not A Heart To Make Good Use Of Them.

There Is A Burden Of Care In Getting Riches; Fear In Keeping Them; Temptation In Using Them; Guilt In Abusing Them; Sorrow In Losing Them; And A Burden Of Account At Last To Be Given Concerning Them.