Without the fear of God, men do not even observe justice and charity among themselves.
I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.
It is a most blessed thing to be subject to the sovereignty of God.
Rejoicing refers to moderation of spirit when the mind keeps itself in calmness under adversity and does not give indulgence to grief. Constant praying is the way of 'rejoicing perpetually', for by this means we ask from God alleviation in connection with all our distresses.
For what is idolatry if not this: to worship the gifts in place of the Giver himself?
Again I ask whence it happened that the fall of Adam involved, without remedy, in eternal death so many nations, together with their infant children, except because it so seemed good to God? A decree horrible, I confess, and yet true.