Obedience to the word in humility of mind never confuses.

It is the desire of our hearts, and as we believe God's will under this dispensation, that all the children of God should be gathered together as such, and, consequently, as not of the world.

God is sufficient in all ages for His church.

This truth of the gathering together of God's children is in Scripture seen realised in various localities, and in each central locality the Christians resident therein composed but one body: Scripture is perfectly clear on that head.

To rest satisfied with existing evils, as if we could do nothing, is not obedience; but neither is it obedience to imitate the actions of the apostles.

The Reformation did not directly touch the question of the true character of God's church.

Separation from evil is the necessary first principle of communion with Him ... Separation from evil is His principle of unity