Every 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.

None so nearly disposed to scoffing at religion as those who have accustomed themselves to swear on trifling occasions.

A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing.

Wealth and riches, that is, an estate above what sufficeth our real occasions and necessities, is in no other sense a 'blessing' than as it is an opportunity put into our hands, by the providence of God, of doing more good.

Every 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.

Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out. It is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack; and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.

Many man's scruples lie almost wholly about obedience to authority and compliance with indifferent customs, but very seldom about the dangers of disobedience and unpeaceableness and rending in pieces the Church of Christ by needless separations and endless divisions.