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.
The Holy Spirit is the bond by which Christ efficaciously unites us to himself.
There is no work, however vile or sordid, that does not glisten before God.
There are sons of God who do not yet appear so to us, but now do so to God; and there are those who, on account of some arrogated or temporal grace, are called so by us, but are not so to God.
To be Christians under the law of grace does not mean to wander unbridled outside the law, but to be engrafted in Christ, by whose grace we are free from the curse of the law, and by whose Spirit we have the law engraved upon our hearts.