Thomas Watson — A Body of Divinity

To know that nothing hurts the godly, is a matter of comfort; but to be assured that all things which fall out shall co operate for their good, that their crosses shall be turned into blessings, that showers of afflictio…

Christ is never born in the heart without pangs. Many thank God they never had any trouble of spirit, they were always quiet; a sign Christ is not yet formed in them.

Death to a believer is crepusculum gloriae, the daybreak of eternal brightness. To show fully what a believer's gains are at death were a task too great for an angel; all hyperboles fall short of it; the reward of glory…

If God be our portion—all our estate lies in jewels! Where God gives himself, he gives everything else. He that hath the castle, hath all the royalties belonging to it. God is a portion that can neither be spent nor lost…

Happiness is nothing else but the quintessence of holiness; holiness is glory militant, and happiness holiness triumphant.

Several poisonous ingredients put together, being tempered by the skill of the apothecary, make a sovereign medicine, and work together for the good of the patient. So all God's providences being divinely tempered and sa…