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.

Against the persecution of a tyrant the godly have no remedy but prayer.

Can true repentance exist without faith? By no means. But although they cannot be separated, they ought to be distinguished.

Prosperity inebriates men, so that they take delights in their own merits.

The blindness of unbelievers in no way detracts from the clarity of the gospel; the sun is no less bright because blind men do not perceive its light.

We are not to look to what men in themselves deserve but to attend to the image of God which exists in all and to which we owe all honor and love.

All our words ought to be filled with true sweetness and grace; and this will be so if we mingle the useful with the sweet.