If God were not a necessary Being of Himself, He might almost seem to be made for the use and benefit of men.

The true ground of most men's prejudice against the Christian doctrine is because they have no mind to obey it.

The crafty person is always in danger; and when they think they walk in the dark, all their pretenses are transparent.

With the history of Moses no book in the world, in point of antiquity, can contend.

There is no readier way for a man to bring his own worth into question than by endeavoring to detract from the worth of other men.

For the spiritual efficacy of the Sacrament doth not depend upon the nature of the thing received, supposing we received what our Lord appointed, and receive it with a right preparation and disposition of mind, but upon the supernatural blessing that goes along with it, and makes it effectual to those spiritual ends for which it was appointed.

Sincerity is like traveling on a plain, beaten road, which commonly brings a man sooner to his journey's end than by-ways, in which men often lose themselves.