Every country must have its own devil. Welshland its own, and France its own. Our German devil will be a good wind-pipe, and must be called drinking, being so thirsty and hell-like that no guzzling of wine and beer, however large, will cool it off, and I fear that such will ever remain Germany's plague, until the day of judgment.

For they who think they make an end of temptation by yeilding to it, only set themselves on fire the more.

This is that mystery which is rich in divine grace unto sinners: wherein by a wonderful exchange, our sins are no longer ours but Christ's; and the righteousness of Christ is not Christ's but ours. He has emptied himself of his righteousness that he might clothe us in it, and fill us with it: and he has taken our evils upon himself that he might deliver us from them.

Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God.

I have so much to do today, I'll need to spend another hour on my knees.

A dairymaid can milk cows to the glory of God

Your God is altogether too human.