My temptations have been my Masters of Divinity.

What do we older folks live for if not for the care of the young, to teach and train them?

[Christ's] mission and work it is to help against sin and death, to justify and bring life. He has placed his help in baptism and the Sacrament [i.e., communion/Eucharist/Lord's supper], and incorporated it in the Word and preaching. To our eyes Baptism [capitalized in original] appears to be nothing more than ordinary water, and the Sacrament of Christ's body and blood simple bread and wine, like other bread and wine, and the sermon, hot air from a man's mouth. But we must not trust what our eyes see.

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

Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.

At Sussen, the Devil carried off, last Good Friday, three grooms who had devoted themselves to him.

Not only the adoration of images is idolatry, but also trust in one's own righteousness, works and merits, and putting confidence in riches and power. As the latter is the commonest, so it also is the most noxious.