Now the Church is not wood and stone, but the company of believing people; one must hold to them, and see how they believe, live and teach.

If any man doth ascribe of salvation, even the very least, to the free will of man, he knoweth nothing of grace, and he hath not learnt Jesus Christ aright.

Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.

We should consider the histories of Christ three manner of ways; first, as a history of acts or legends; second, as a gift or a present; thirdly, as an example, which we should believe and follow.

The church that preaches the gospel in all of its fullness, except as it applies to the great social ills of the day, is failing to preach the gospel.

As is the business of tailors to make clothes and cobblers to make shoes, so it is the business of Christians to pray.

A preacher should have the skill to teach the unlearned simply roundly, and plainly; for teaching is of more importance than exhorting.