Man is never sufficiently touched and affected by the awareness of his lowly state until he has compared himself with God’s majesty.
Unless we fix certain hours in the day for prayer, it easily slips from our memory.
Wherever we see the Word of God purely preached and heard, there a church of God exists, even if it swarms with many faults.
Doctrine is not an affair of the tongue but of the life.
God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.
If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn.
There is nothing in afflictions which ought to disturb our joy.
The human heart has so many crannies where vanity hides, so many holes where falsehood works, is so decked out with deceiving hypocrisy, that it often dupes itself.
To make intercession for men is the most powerful and practical way in which we can express our love for them.
When the Bible speaks, God speaks.
Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
We should never insult others on account of their faults, for it is our duty to show charity and respect to everyone.
For what is idolatry if not this: to worship the gifts in place of the Giver himself?
Wherefore all theology, when separated from Christ, is not only vain and confused, but is also mad, deceitful, and spurious; for, though the philosophers sometimes utter excellent sayings, yet they have nothing but what is short-lived, and even mixed up with wicked and erroneous sentiments.
Sometimes it seems things go by too quickly. We are so busy watching out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take the time to enjoy where we are.
The Angels are the dispensers and administrators of the Divine beneficence toward us. They regard our safety, undertake our defense, direct our ways, and exercise a constant solicitude that no evil befall us.
The world was no doubt made, that it might be a theatre of the divine glory.
The first part of a good work is the will, the second is vigorous effort in the doing of it. God is the author of both. It is, therefore, robbery from God to arrogate anything to ourselves, either in the will or the act.
If we believe heaven to be our country, it is better for us to transmit our wealth thither, than to retain it here, where we may lose it by a sudden removal.
The pastor ought to have two voices: one, for gathering the sheep; and another, for warding off and driving away wolves and thieves. The Scripture supplies him with the means of doing both.