For though we very truly hear that the kingdom of God will be filled with splendor, joy, happiness and glory, yet when these things are spoken of, they remain utterly remote from our perception, and as it were, wrapped in obscurities, until that day.

Unless men establish their complete happiness in God, they will never give themselves truly and sincerely to him.

The Gospel acts without threats... it teaches us about the supreme goodwill of God towards us.

If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.

It is a sign of a perverse and treacherous disposition to wound the good name of another, when he has no opportunity of defending himself.

It is entirely the work of grace and a benefit conferred by it that our heart is changed from a stony one to one of flesh, that our will is made new, and that we, created anew in heart and mind, at length will what we ought to will.

There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice.