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.
John TillotsonLet no man deceive you with vain words or vain hopes or false notions of a slight and sudden repentance. As if heaven were a hospital founded on purpose to receive all sick and maimed persons that, when they can live no longer to the lusts of the flesh and the sinful pleasures of this world, can but put up a cold and formal petition to be admitted there. No, no, as sure as God is true, they shall never see the Kingdom of God who, instead of seeking it in the first place, make it their last refuge and retreat.
John TillotsonSome things will not bear much zeal; and the more earnest we are about them, the less we recommend ourselves to the approbation of sober and considerate men.
John TillotsonWe have no cause to be ashamed of the Gospel of Christ; but the Gospel of Christ may justly be ashamed of us.
John Tillotson