the whole Pelagian poison of free-will ... a clear exaltation of the old idol free-will into the throne of God ... That the decaying estate of Christianity have invented.

For a man solemnly to undertake the interpretation of any portion of Scripture without invocation of God, to be taught and instructed by His Spirit, is a high provocation of him; nor shall I expect the discovery of truth from any one who thus proudly engages in a work so much beyond his ability.

A man may easier see without eyes, speak without a tongue, than truly mortify one sin without the Spirit.

When we have communion with God in the doctrine we contend for-then shall we be garrisoned by the grace of God against all the assaults of men.

Before the work of grace the heart is ‘stony.’ It can do no more than a stone can do to please God.

If we believe not with faith divine and supernatural, we believe not at all.

We can have no power from Christ unless we live in a persuasion that we have none of our own.