I exhort all, who reverence the Word of the Lord, to read it, and diligently imprint it on their memory.

Scripture will ultimately suffice for a saving knowledge of God only when its certainty is founded upon the inward persuasion of the Holy Spirit. Indeed, these human testimonies which exist to confirm it will not be vain if, as secondary aids to our feebleness, they follow that chief and highest testimony. But those who wish to prove to unbelievers that Scripture is the Word of God are acting foolishly, for only by faith can this be known.

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.

Christ's intercession is the continual application of his death to our salvation.

Without the Gospel everything is useless and vain.

He who has learned to look to God in everything he does is at the same time diverted from all vain thoughts.

God is undoubtedly ready to pardon whenever the sinner turns. Therefore, he does not will his death, in so far as he wills repentance. But experience shows that this will, for the repentance of those whom he invites to himself, is not such as to make him touch all their hearts. Still, it cannot be said that he acts deceitfully; for though the external word only renders, those who hear it, and do not obey it, inexcusable, it is still truly regarded as an evidence of the grace by which he reconciles men to himself.