Mark in what order: first, our calling; then, our election; not beginning with our election first. By our calling, arguing our election.

I first adventure, follow me who list And be the second English satirist

The godly man contrarily is afraid of nothing; not of God, because he knows Him his best friend, and will not hurt him; not of Satan, because he cannot hurt him; not of afflictions, because he knows they come from a loving God, and end in his good; not of the creatures, since "the very stones in the field are in league with Him;" not of himself, since his conscience is at peace.

How apt nature is, even in those who profess an eminence in holiness, to raise and maintain animosities against those whose calling or person they pretend to find cause to dislike!

[W]e all lie down in our bed of earth as sure to wake as ever we can be to shut our eyes.

Nothing fools people as much as extreme passion.

Virtues go ever in troops; they go so thick, that sometimes some are hid in the crowd; which yet are, but appear not.