John Knox

“If I become content by having my desire satisfied, that is only self-love; but when I am contented with the hand of God and am willing to be at His disposal, that comes from my love to God.”
― Jeremiah Burroughs, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment

“Oh, the remembrance of my great sins, of my great temptations, and of my great fears of perishing forever! They bring afresh into my mind the remembrance of my great help, my great support from Heaven, and the great grace that God extended to such a wretch as I.”
― John Bunyan, Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners

“The most dangerous mistake that our souls are capable of, is, to take the creature for God, and earth for heaven (374).”
― Richard Baxter, The Saints' Everlasting Rest

“It is my duty, said he, to distrust mine own ability, that I may have reliance on him that is stronger than all.”
― John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress