How great, therefore, the wickedness of human nature is! How many girls there are who prevent conception and kill and expel tender fetuses, although procreation is the work of God.

It is a miracle how God has so long preserved His Book! How great and glorious it is to have the Word of God!

Whilst a man is persuaded that he has it in his power to contribute anything, be it ever so little, to his salvation, he remains in carnal self-confidence; he is not a self-despairer, and therefore is not duly humbled before God, he believes he may lend a helping hand in his salvation, but on the contrary, whoever is truly convinced that the whole work depends singly on the will of God, such a person renounces his own will and strength; he waits and prays for the operation of God, nor waits and prays in vain

Mankind has a free will; but it is free to milk cows and to build houses, nothing more.

Nothing is more sweet than harmony in marriage, and nothing more distressing than dissension.

Christ wants to slay reason and subdue the arrogance of the Jews.

Your God is altogether too human.