The glory of God shines, indeed, in all creatures on high and below, but never more brightly than in the cross.

Original sin, therefore, appears to be a hereditary, depravity and corruption of our nature, diffused through all the parts of the soul, rendering us obnoxious to the divine wrath and producing in us those works which the scripture calls 'works of.

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

The sum is, that the worship of God must be spiritual, in order that it may correspond with His nature. For although Moses only speaks of idolatry, yet there is no doubt but that by synecdoche, as in all the rest of the law, he condemns all fictitious services which men in their ingenuity have invented.

Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to recieve

The principle exercise which the children of god have is to pray. For in this way they give true proof of their faith.

men are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. for when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their success