They who are not induced to believe and live as they ought by those discoveries which God hath made in Scriptures would stand out against any evidence whatever, even that of a messenger sent express from the other world.

He who performs his duty in a station of great power must needs incur the utter enmity of many, and the high displeasure of more.

A sturdy, hardened sinner shall advance to the utmost pitch of impiety, with less reluctance than he took the first step while his conscience was yet vigilant and tender.

If God be infinitely holy, just, and good, He must take delight in those creatures that resemble Him most in these perfections.

It is the duty of every one to strive to gain and deserve a good reputation.

Luther deters me from solitariness; but he does not mean from a sober solitude that rallies our scattered strengths and prepares us against any new encounter from without.

Those good men who take such pleasure in relieving the miserable for Christ's sake, would not have been less forward to minister onto Christ Himself.