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

We must always speak of the efficacy of the ministry in such a manner that the entire praise of the work may be reserved for God alone.

The subject then of these chapters may be stated thus, - man's only righteousness is through the mercy of God in Christ, which being offered by the Gospel is apprehended by faith.

Things that are seen are temporal; things that are unseen are eternal.

The Fanaticism which discards the Scripture, under the pretense of resorting to immediate revelations is subversive of every principle of Christianity. For when they boast extravagantly of the Spirit, the tendency is always to bury the Word of God so they may make room for their own falsehoods.

For though we very truly hear that the kingdom of God will be filled with splendor, joy, happiness and glory, yet when these things are spoken of, they remain utterly remote from our perception, and as it were, wrapped in obscurities, until that day.

Faith is the evidence of divine adoption.