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.

As this world was not intended to be a state of any great satisfaction or high enjoyment, so neither was it intended to be a mere scene of unhappiness and sorrow.

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 love of liberty that is not a real principle of dutiful behavior to authority is as hypocritical as the religion that is not productive of a good life.

Virtue, as such, naturally procures considerable advantages to the virtuous.

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.

Every man is to be considered in two capacities, the private and public; as designed to pursue his own interest, and likewise to contribute to the good of others.