For as the aged, or those whose sight is defective, when any book, however fair, is set before them, though they perceive that there is something written, are scarcely able to make out two consecutive words, but, when aided by glasses, begin to read distinctly, so Scripture, gathering together the impressions of Deity, which, till then, lay confused in our minds, dissipates the darkness, and shows us the true God clearly.

Life is not found in commandments or declarations of penalties, but in the promise of mercy and only in a gratuitous promise.

We shall never be fit for the service of God, if we look not beyond this fleeting life.

By predestination we mean the eternal decree of God, by which He determined with Himself whatever He wished to happen with regard to every man

The Scriptures obtain full authority among believers only when men regard them as having sprung from heaven, as if there the living words of God were heard.

My heart I give you, Lord, eagerly and entirely.

But we have nothing of the Spirit except through regeneration. Everything, therefore, which we have from nature is flesh.