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"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 excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity."
"Our prayer must not be self-centered. It must arise not only because we feel our own need as a burden we must lay upon God, but also because we are so bound up in love for our fellow men that we feel their need as acutely as our own. To make intercession for men is the most powerful and practical way in which we can express our love for them."
"The gospel is not a doctrine of the tongue, but of life."
"We must not think that [God] takes no notice of us, when He does not answer our wishes: for He has a right to distinguish what we actually need."
"It is therefore faith alone which justifies, and yet the faith which justifies is not alone."
"Whenever the Lord holds us in suspense, and delays his aid, he is not therefore asleep, but, on the contrary, regulates all His works in such a manner that he does nothing but at the proper time."
"We are nowhere forbidden to laugh, or be satisfied with food...or to be delighted with music or to drink wine."
"God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word."
"For what is idolatry if not this: to worship the gifts in place of the Giver himself?"
"There is no work, however vile or sordid, that does not glisten before God."
"Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth."
"If God does nothing random, there must always be something to learn."
"No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief."
"The blindness of unbelievers in no way detracts from the clarity of the gospel; the sun is no less bright because blind men do not perceive its light."
"We should never insult others on account of their faults, for it is our duty to show charity and respect to everyone."
"A man will be justified by faith when, excluded from righteousness of works, he by faith lays hold of the righteousness of Christ, and clothed in it, appears in the sight of God not as a sinner, but as righteous."
"Every one of us is, even from his mother's womb, a master craftsman of idols."
"Our assurance, our glory, and the sole anchor of our salvation are that Christ the Son of God is ours, and we in turn are in him sons of God and heirs of the Kingdom of Heaven, called to the hope of eternal blessedness by God's grace, not by our worth."
"True wisdom consists in two things: Knowledge of God and Knowledge of Self."