Why do you rant and brag with such a spate of words, as if you wanted to overwhelm me with a sort of tempest and deluge of oratory-which nevertheless falls with the greater force on your own head, while my ark rides aloft in safety?

A preacher must be both soldier and shepherd. He must nourish, defend, and teach; he must have teeth in his mouth, and be able to bite and fight.

So preach that those who do not fall out with their sins may fall out with thee.

I'd rather see heaven crash from the skies than one grain of God's truth die.

Let a man be endowed with ten virtues and have but one fault and the one fault will eclipse and darken all the virtues.

Faith is a free surrenderand a joyous wager on the unseen, unknown, untested goodness of God.

The whole being of any Christian is faith and love. Faith brings the person to God, love brings the person to people.