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

Joy and thanksgiving expressed in prayer and praise according to the Word of God are the heart of the Church's worship.

Where riches hold the dominion of the heart, God has lost His authority.

For as the aged, or those whose sight is defective, when any book, however fair, is set before them, though they perceive that there is something written, are scarcely able to make out two consecutive words, but, when aided by glasses, begin to read distinctly, so Scripture, gathering together the impressions of Deity, which, till then, lay confused in our minds, dissipates the darkness, and shows us the true God clearly.

Unless God's Word illumine the way, the whole life of men is wrapped in darkness and mist, so that they cannot but miserably stray.

Seeing God hath thus set us at liberty, what rashness it is for worms of the earth to make new laws; as though God had not been wise enough.

When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.