It is impossible for a man to be a Christian without having Christ; and if he has Christ he has at the same time all that is in Christ.

He that has but one word of God before him, and out of that word cannot make a sermon, can never be a preacher.

God freely forgives us on account of Christnot on account of our works, contrition, confession, or satisfactions.

Mary was not only holy. She was also the mother of the Lord.

For from the error of not knowing, or understanding, what sin is, there necessarily arises another error, that people cannot know or understand what grace is.

They [rulers] must act like a good physician who, when gangrene has set in proceeds without mercy to cut, saw, and burn flesh, veins, bone, and marrow. Such a procedure must also be followed in this instance. Burn down their synagogues, forbid all that I enumerated earlier, force them to work, and deal harshly with them, as Moses did... If this does not help we must drive them out like mad dogs.

If the devil were wise enough and would stand by in silence and let the gospel be preached, he would suffer less harm. For when there is no battle for the gospel it rusts and it finds no cause and no occasion to show its vigor and power. Therefore, nothing better can befall the gospel than that the world should fight it with force and cunning.