Take away God and religion, and men live to no purpose, without proposing any worthy end of life to themselves.
John TillotsonEvery man hath greater assurance that God is good and just than he can have of any subtle speculations about predestination and the decrees of God.
John TillotsonThere is one way whereby we may secure our riches, and make sure friends to ourselves of them,--by laying them out in charity.
John TillotsonIf a man were only to deal in the world for a day, and should never have occasion to converse more with mankind, never more need their good opinion or good word, it were then no great matter (speaking as to the concernments of this world), if a man spent his reputation all at once, and ventured it at one throw; but if he be to continue in the world, and would have the advantage of conversation while he is in it, let him make use of truth and sincerity in all his words and actions; for nothing but this will last and hold out to the end.
John Tillotson