Those who fall away have never been thoroughly imbued with the knowledge of Christ but only had a slight and passing taste of it.
Against the persecution of a tyrant the godly have no remedy but prayer.
True faith is ever connected with hope.
Faith consists, not in ignorance, but in knowledge, and that, not only of God, but also of the divine will.
The only right stewardship is that which is tested by the rule of love.
They who prematurely put themselves forward to root out whatever is displeasing to them overthrow the judgment of God and rashly intrude upon the office of angels.
Original sin, therefore, appears to be a hereditary, depravity and corruption of our nature, diffused through all the parts of the soul, rendering us obnoxious to the divine wrath and producing in us those works which the scripture calls ’works of.
Hypocrisy can plunge the mind of a man into a dark abyss, when he believes his own self-flattery instead of God’s verdict.
Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God’s saving grace in Christ Jesus.
In our good works nothing is our own.
God would remain absolutely hidden if we were not illuminated by the brightness of Christ.
Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.
The glory of God shines, indeed, in all creatures on high and below, but never more brightly than in the cross.
When pain and suffering strike, our faith is well founded if it is standing on the promises of God. For all of God’s promises have strong confirmation in Christ.
Without the Gospel everything is useless and vain.
When our faith is tested by suffering “as gold is tried in a furnace” and we depend with confidence on God and rely entirely on his help, we will be granted the most excellent gift of patience and through faith we may victoriously persevere to the end.
Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.
Christ is the most perfect image of God, into which we are so renewed as to bear the image of God, in knowledge, purity, righteousness, and true holiness.
The Human heart is an idol factory.
We explain justification simply as the acceptance with which God receives us into his favor as righteous men. And we say that it consists in the remission of sins and the imputation of Christ’s righteousness.