We may well lie with what seems to be a woman of flesh and blood, and yet all the time it is only a devil in the shape of a woman.

The bible is a remarkable fountain: the more one draws and drinks of it, the more it stimulates thirst.

The devil and temptations also do give occasion unto us somewhat to learn and understand the Scriptures, by experience and practice. Without trials and temptations we should never understand anything thereof; no, not although we diligently read and heard the same.

It is neither safe nor prudent to do anything against conscience.

Our bodies are always exposed to Satan. The maladies I suffer are not natural, but Devil's spells.

At Poltersberg, there is a lake similarly cursed. If you throw a stone into it, a dreadful storm immediately arises, and the whole neighboring district quakes to its centre. 'Tis the devils kept prisoner there.

When God contemplates some great work, He begins it by the hand of some poor, weak, human creature, to whom He afterwards gives aid.