what is sought by means of free choice is to make room for merits.

Divinity consists in use and practice, not in speculation.

Spare the rod and spoil the child - that is true. But, beside the rod, keep an apple to give him when he has done well.

God uses lust to impel men to marry, ambition to office, avarice to earning, and fear to faith. God led me like an old blind goat.

There is on earth among all dangers no more dangerous thing than a richly endowed and adroit reason...Reason must be deluded, blinded, and destroyed.

Peter erred in life and in doctrine. Paul might have dismissed Peter's error as a matter of no consequence. But Paul saw that Peter's error would lead to the damage of the whole Church unless it were corrected. Therefore he withstood Peter to his face. The Church, Peter, the apostles, angels from heaven, are not to be heard unless they teach the genuine Word of God.

Jews and papists are ungodly wretches; they are two stockings made of one piece of cloth.