I have done nothing; the Word has done and accomplished everything.... I let the Word do its work!

Grace remits sin, and peace quiets the conscience. Sin and conscience torment us, but Christ has overcome these fiends now and forever.

The first duty of the gospel preacher is to declare God's law and to show the nature of sin.

When Eve was brought unto Adam, he became filled with the Holy Spirit, and gave her the most sanctified, the most glorious of appellations. He called, her Eva--that is to say, the Mother of All. He did not style her wife, but simply mother--mother of all living creatures. In this consists the glory and the most precious ornament of woman.

There are only two days on my calendar... today and the day of judgment

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

A preacher must be both soldier and shepherd. He must nourish, defend, and teach; he must have teeth in his mouth, and be able to bite and fight.