The torture of a bad conscience is the hell of a living soul |
There is no work, however vile or sordid, that does not glisten before God. |
There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence |
There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice |
Though Satan instills his poison, and fans the flames of our corrupt desires within us,we are yet not carried by any external force to the commission of sin, but our own flesh entices us, and we willingly yield to its allurements |
We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too. |
Wherever we find the Word of God surely preached and heard, and the sacraments administered according to the institution of Christ, there, it is not to be doubted, is a church of God. |
Yet consider now, whether women are not quite past sense and reason, when they want to rule over men |
You must submit to supreme suffering in order to discover the completion of joy |