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

There can be no courage in men unless God supports them by his Word.

Faith and hope...are the wings by which our souls, rising above the world, are lifted up to God.

The Scriptures obtain full authority among believers only when men regard them as having sprung from heaven, as if there the living words of God were heard.

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.

Rejoicing refers to moderation of spirit when the mind keeps itself in calmness under adversity and does not give indulgence to grief. Constant praying is the way of 'rejoicing perpetually', for by this means we ask from God alleviation in connection with all our distresses.

For, to my mind, this is a certain principle, that nothing is here treated of but the visible form of the world. He who would learn astronomy, and other recondite arts, let him go elsewhere. (on commenting the text of Genesis 1:6)