It is not at all incredible, that a book which has been so long in the possession of mankind should contain many truths as yet undiscovered.

The Epistles in the New Testament have all of them a particular reference to the condition and usages of the Christian world at the time they were written.

God Almighty is, to be sure, unmoved by passion or appetite, unchanged by affection; but then it is to be added that He neither sees nor hears nor perceives things by any senses like ours; but in a manner infinitely more perfect.

The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing, but only as a means of happiness or good: particular affections rest in the external things themselves.

Both our senses and our passions are a supply to the imperfection of our nature; thus they show that we are such sort of creatures as to stand in need of those helps which higher orders of creatures do not.

For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be: why then should we desire to be deceived?