To 'justify' means nothing else than to acquit of guilt him (her) who was accused as if his own innocence were confirmed.

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.

Doctrine is not an affair of the tongue but of the life.

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

Men will never worship God with a sincere heart, or be roused to fear and obey Him with sufficient zeal, until they properly understand how much they are indebted to His mercy.

We explain justification simply as the acceptance with which God receives us into his favor as righteous men. And we say that it consists in the remission of sins and the imputation of Christ’s righteousness.

Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God Our wisdom, in so far as it ought to be deemed true and solid Wisdom, consists almost entirely of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves. But as these are connected together by many ties, it is not easy to determine which of the two precedes and gives birth to the other.