It is one of God's blessings that we cannot foreknow the hour of our death; for a time fixed, even beyond the possibility of living, would trouble us more than doth this uncertainty.

Dr Donne's verses are like the peace of God; they pass all understanding.

On tobacco: A branch of the sin of drunkenness, which is the root of all sins.

I will govern according to the common weal, but not according to the common will.

It is one of God's blessings that we cannot foreknow the hour of our death; for a time fixed, even beyond the possibility of living, would trouble us more than doth this uncertainty.

The state of monarchy is the supremest thing upon earth: for kings are not only God's Lieutenants upon earth, and sit upon God's throne, but even by God himself they are called Gods.

It is atheism and blasphemy to dispute what God can do: good Christians content themselves with His will revealed in His Word.