Whensoever God's truth is defaced or when any man turns away from the pure simplicity of the Gospel, we must not in any wise spare him, but although the whole world should set itself against us, yet must we maintain the case with invincible constancy, without bending for any creature.

In vain people busy themselves with finding any good of man's own in his will. For any mixture of the power of freewill that men strive to mingle with God's grace is nothing but a corruption of grace. It is just as if one were to dilute wine with muddy, bitter water.

God would remain absolutely hidden if we were not illuminated by the brightness of Christ.

God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.

Free will is an empty term.

It is certain that man never achieves a clear knowledge of himself unless he has first looked upon God's face, and then descends from contemplating him to scrutinize himself.

Whoever the Lord has adopted ought to prepare themselves for hard, toilsome and unquiet living.