There is no place for faith if we expect God to fulfill immediately what he promises.

Let it stand, therefore, as an indubitable truth, which no engines can shake, that the mind of man is so entirely alienated from the righteousness of God that he cannot conceive, desire, or design any thing but what is wicked, distorted, foul, impure, and iniquitous; that his heart is so thoroughly envenomed by sin that it can breathe out nothing but corruption and rottenness; that if some men occasionally make a show of goodness, their mind is ever interwoven with hypocrisy and deceit, their soul inwardly bound with the fetters of wickedness.

Integrity is the best of all protectors...we cannot be more secure than when fortified by a good conscience.

Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God's saving grace in Christ Jesus.

As far as sacred Scripture is concerned, however much froward men try to gnaw at it, nevertheless it clearly is crammed with thoughts that could not be humanly conceived. Let each of the prophets be looked into: none will be found who does not far exceed human measure. Consequently, those for whom prophetic doctrine is tasteless ought to be thought of as lacking taste buds.

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

The evil in our desires typically does not lie in what we want, but that we want it too much.