I have never once feared the devil, but I tremble every time I enter the pulpit.

Let a thing here be noted, that the prophet of God sometimes may teach treason against kings, and yet neither he nor such as obey the word, spoken in the Lord's name by him, offend God.

How good we are as preachers depends - not altogether, but (make no mistake!) primarily - on how good we are as men.

In youth, in middle age, and now after many battles, I find nothing in me but corruption.

No one else holds or has held the place in the heart of the world which Jesus holds. Other gods have been as devoutly worshipped; no other man has been so devoutly loved.

Live in Christ, die in Christ, and the flesh need not fear death.

Prayer is an earnest and familiar talking with God, to whom we declare all our miseries, whose support and help we implore and desire in our adversities, and whom we laud and praise for our benefits received. So that prayer contains the exposition of our sorrows, the desire of God's defence, and the praising of His magnificent name, as the Psalms of David clearly do teach.