The Holy Ghost has called me by the gospel and illuminated me with his gifts and sanctified and preserved me in the true faith.

He that has but one word of God before him, and out of that word cannot make a sermon, can never be a preacher.

... we must drive them [Jews] out like mad dogs, so that we do not become partakers of their abominable blasphemy and all the their other vices and thus merit God's wrath and be damned with them.

The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.

Whenever the devil harasses you, seek the company of men or drink more, or joke and talk nonsense, or do some other merry thing. Sometimes we must drink more, sport, recreate ourselves, and even sin a little to spite the devil, so that we leave him no place for troubling our consciences with trifles. We are conquered if we try too conscientiously not to sin at all. So when the devil says to you: do not drink, answer him: I will drink, and right freely, just because you tell me not to.

After theology I give to music the highest place and the greatest honor.

Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that the believer would stake his life on it a thousand times.