Our assurance, our glory, and the sole anchor of our salvation are that Christ the Son of God is ours, and we in turn are in him sons of God and heirs of the Kingdom of Heaven, called to the hope of eternal blessedness by God's grace, not by our worth.

Man with all his shrewdness is as stupid about understanding by himself the mysteries of God, as an ass is incapable of understanding musical harmony.

The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life. It cannot be grasped by reason and memory only, but it is fully understood when it possesses the whole soul and penetrates to the inner recesses of the heart.

We must always speak of the efficacy of the ministry in such a manner that the entire praise of the work may be reserved for God alone.

Knowledge of the sciences is so much smoke apart from the heavenly science of Christ.

The whole gospel is contained in Christ.

The door is closed to prayer unless it is opened with the key of trust.