Try all things by the written word, and let all bow down before it. You are in danger of [fanaticism] every hour, if you depart ever so little from Scripture; yea, or from the plain, literal meaning of an text, taken in connection with the context.

Whether we think of, or speak to, God, whether we act or suffer for him, all is prayer, when we have no other object than his love, and the desire of pleasing him.

No circumstances can make it necessary for a man to burst in sunder all the ties of humanity.

This earthly body is slow and heavy in all its motions, listless and soon tired with action. But our heavenly bodies shall be as fire; as active and as nimble as our thoughts are.

Bring me a worm that can comprehend a man, and then I will show you a man that can comprehend the Triune God.

Prayer continues in the desire of the heart, though the understanding be employed on outward things.

As to matters of dress, I would recommend one never to be first in the fashion nor the last out of it.