There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.

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

A man cannot do good before he is made good.

Everything that is done in the world is done by hope. No merchant or tradesman would set himself to work if he did not hope to reap benefit thereby.

When God's righteousness is mentioned in the gospel, it is God's action of declaring righteous the unrighteous sinner who has faith in Jesus Christ. The righteousness by which a person is justified (declared righteous) is not his own but that of another, Christ.

If we esteem them too highly, good works can become the greatest idolatry.

All of a Christian's life is one of repentance.