When God works in us, the will, being changed and sweetly breathed upon by the Spirit of God, desires and acts, not from compulsion, but responsively.

Some plague the people with too long sermons; for the faculty of listening is a tender thing, and soon becomes weary and satiated.

The gospel cannot be truly preached without offense and tumult.

It seems to me that the most delightful walk of life is to be found in a household of moderate means, to live there with an obliging spouse and to be satisfied with little.

Thus, dear friends, I have said it clearly enough, and I believe you ought to understand it and not make liberty a law.

My temptations have been my Masters of Divinity.

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.