Now we must remark, that there are two parts in the Commandment-the first forbids the erection of a graven image, or any likeness; the second prohibits the transferring of the worship which God claims for Himself alone, to any of these phantoms or delusive shows.

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

The fire of affliction reveals the quality of our faith

The word "hope" I take for faith; and indeed hope is nothing else but the constancy of faith.

Now we shall possess a right definition of faith if we call it a firm and certain knowledge of God's benevolence toward us, founded upon the truth of the freely given promise in Christ, both revealed to our minds and sealed upon our hearts through the Holy Spirit.

The only right stewardship is that which is tested by the rule of love.

While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.