To crave wealth and honor, to demand power, to pile up riches, to gather all those vanities which seem to make for pomp and empty display, that is our furious passion and our unbounded desire.On the other hand, we fear and abhor poverty, obscurity, and humility, and we seek to avoid them by all possible means.

To search for wisdom apart from Christ means not simply foolhardiness but utter insanity.

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.

To 'justify' means nothing else than to acquit of guilt him (her) who was accused as if his own innocence were confirmed.

The sufferings of Christ are the means of forgiveness of sin and eternal glory

Can true repentance exist without faith? By no means. But although they cannot be separated, they ought to be distinguished.

There is no golden mean between these two extremes; either this early life must become low in our estimation, or it will have our inordinate love.