Mingled vanity and pride appear in this, that when miserable men do seek after God, instead of ascending higher than themselves as they ought to do, they measure him by their own carnal stupidity, and neglecting solid inquiry, fly off to indulge their curiosity in vain speculation.

Men will never worship God with a sincere heart, or be roused to fear and obey Him with sufficient zeal, until they properly understand how much they are indebted to His mercy.

It behooves us to accomplish what God requires of us, even when we are in the greatest despair respecting the results.

It is amazing how much our lack of trust provokes God if we request of him a boon that we do not expect

True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self.

Yet consider now, whether women are not quite past sense and reason, when they want to rule over men.

We have been adopted as sons by the Lord with this one condition; that our life expresses Christ, the bond of our adoption. Accordingly, unless we give and devote ourselves to righteousness, we not only revolt from our Creator with wicked perfidy, but we also abjure our Savior Himself.