I should have no compassion on these witches; I should burn them all.

The God whom we worship is not a weak and incompetent God. He is able to beat back gigantic waves of opposition and to bring low prodigious mountains of evil. The ringing testimony of the Christian faith is that God is able.

The proverb has it that Hunger is the best cook. The Law makes afflicted consciences hungry for Christ. Christ tastes good to them. Hungry hearts appreciate Christ. Thirsty souls are what Christ wants. He invites them: Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Christ's benefits are so precious that He will dispense them only to those who need them and really desire them.

No man ought to lay a cross upon himself, or to adopt tribulation, as is done in popedom; but if a cross or tribulation come upon him, then let him suffer it patiently, and know that it is good and profitable for him.

I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.

One learns more of Christ in being married and rearing children than in several lifetimes spent in study in a monastery.

Nothing is more unbecoming to a teacher of the Word than flippancy. He must be serious and should not act like a clown.