But as a heathen tells us, there is no nation so barbarous, no race so brutish as not to be imbued with the conviction that there is a God.

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

All whom the Lord has chosen and received into the society of his saints ought to prepare themselves for a life that is hard, difficult, laborious and full of countless griefs.

Life is not found in commandments or declarations of penalties, but in the promise of mercy and only in a gratuitous promise.

For our hearts are enfeebled by prosperity, so that we cannot make the effort to pray.

God orders what we cannot do, that we may know what we ought to ask him.

The pastor ought to have two voices: one, for gathering the sheep; and another, for warding off and driving away wolves and thieves. The Scripture supplies him with the means of doing both.