"The unthankful soul may thank itself it thrives no better" William Gurnall, The Christian in Full Armour

"True discipleship consists, not in a blind submission to authority, but in the discernment and love of the truth; not in subjecting the conscience to a revelation which it does not understand, but in educating and feeding the conscience by the truth apprehended in the revelation" Thomas Erskine, The Doctrine of Election

"Think not lightly of thy prayers, for He who heareth them thinketh not lightly of them" St. Bernard

"Art thou weak? Bless God thou hast life" William Gurnall, The Christian in Full Armour

"The stronger the cry, the stronger the child, I warrant you" William Gurnall, The Christian in Full Armour

" Sin makes men and women partakers of the devil's character now, and of his condemnation hereafter " Thomas Robinson, Homiletical Commentary on the Book of Daniel

" Do not prefer popular errors to unpopular truths " Bp. Christopher Wordsworth; The Maccabees and the Church

" Unbelief ought to strengthen our faith, for it is foretold in Holy Scripture " Bp. Christopher Wordsworth; The Maccabees and the Church

" The Love which is narrow cannot be Divine " Bishop R. F. L. Blunt; (1893) The Christian in Home Life

" The love of truth is our only salvation " Jean Guehenno of the French Academy

" Corrupt religion is the most prolific source of Atheism " Bp. Christopher Wordsworth; (1849) Lectures on the Apocalypse

" Freedom of Speech, freedom of thought, freedom of action, freedom of conscience, ... , all this wonderful development is the fruit of Protestantism. " Bp. David Cummins; (1868) Protestantism Not a Failure

" The old bottles-(he used to say)-would not receive new wine.- The long-resisted Spirit may give over striving! Fear to grow old in unbelief. " Thomas Forret (1538) quoted in The Bulwark, 1859.

" If the minister forgets that he is a messenger of God, he can only avoid being a usurper over men by becoming their tool. " John Frederick Denison Maurice; Lectures on the Apocalypse

" There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will " Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet

"Idolatry is the religion of sight in opposition to that of faith" Alfred Edersheim, Bible History

"In a word, Protestantism is revived Christianity" James A. Wylie, The History of Protestantism

" Truth will triumph and continue. Everything opposed to Truth will be destroyed and pass away, whether in church or state " Frederick Alley

" No one can interpret Scripture worse for himself than the Pope has done for him " Bp. Christopher Wordsworth

" Our only safety, both public and private, consists in following Christ" Bp. Christopher Wordsworth

" We have no Word of God but Scripture " Richard Hooker

" Whom should I believe concerning God, rather than God Himself? " St. Ambrose

" Whatever you read in the true text of Scripture, doubt not that it is true " St. Augustine

" Faith opens the way of the intellect, unbelief closes it " St. Augustine

" For what else is the Law, but the Gospel foreshadowed? What other the Gospel, but the Law fulfilled? " Justin Martyr

" The due estimation of heavenly truth dependeth wholly upon the known and approved authority of those famous oracles of God (Holy Scripture) " Richard Hooker

" We read in Churches certain books besides the Scripture, yet as the Scripture we read them not " Richard Hooker

" We hold not the Apocrypha for sacred (as we do the Holy Scripture) but for human compositions " Richard Hooker

" If we forgive our brethren, we may be assured that God will forgive us. " Bp Andrewes

" The more you love Christ, the more will you hate your sins; for the hatred of sin must follow the love of piety, as the shadow accompanies the body " Desiderius Erasmus

" I would rather that you should once hate your sins truly within, than ten times confess them in the language of abhorrence to a priest " Desiderius Erasmus

" It is God's duty to judge us " Frederick Alley

" The end never justifies the means " Frederick Alley

" Truth only shall endure " Frederick Alley

" Faith works by love and the faith that does not work by love is not Christian Faith " Frederick Alley

" We are living in the midst of a blatant and aggressive idolatry today " Frederick Alley

" There is no Divine Right of Kings or Priests to do wrong " Frederick Alley

" Truth and righteousness are eternal " Frederick Alley

" Truth will triumph and continue. Everything opposed to Truth will be destroyed and pass away, whether in church or state " Frederick Alley

"God hath strength enough to give, but he hath no strength to deny, the mercy he has promised to sinners who turn to him" William Gurnall, The Christian in Full Armour

"Give what thou commandest and command what thou wilt" Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.) Confessions

" Thou, O Lord, blessest the godly, but first Thou justifieth him when ungodly " Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.) Confessions

" Marriage is the nursery of heaven " Bp. Jeremy Taylor, The Marriage Ring

" When that which is temporal claims Eternity, this is a name of blasphemy. " S. Jerome

" A pure faith is the virginity of the soul " Saint Augustin

" It should never be forgotten that the highest and most perfect statements on all doctrinal truths are in the Scriptures, and the Scriptures alone " E. A. Litton, Introduction To Dogmatic Theology

" They err, who think that of the will of God to do this or that, there is no reason but His will " Richard Hooker (I. ii. 3)

" We marvel, because we believe. Infidelity wonders and believes not. To Unbelief all simple things are vain, and great things are impossible " Tertullian

" When men are injured it is pride that makes them wish to be avenged " Augustine, Homilies on the Gospels, Sermon 73

" Eternity itself cannot change the word of man into the Word of God " Bp. Christopher Wordsworth

" The main principle whereupon our belief of all things therein contained dependeth, is, that the Scriptures are the oracles of God Himself " Richard Hooker, III. viii. 13

"The Holy and Divine Scriptures are of themselves sufficient for showing the truth" St. Athanasius

" Whosoever separates Scripture from the Church is in imminent peril of losing both " Christopher Wordsworth, On the Inspiration of the Holy Scripture

" (The Christian) does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us" C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

"All these mighty sins and devils,
make not one almighty sin, or an almighty devil" William Gurnall, The Christian in Full Armour

" God loves his children should believe his word, not dispute his power; so true is that saying of Luther: 'God loves the obedient, not the cavilling.' Deus amat curristas non quoeristas " William Gurnall, The Christian in Full Armour

" Dare to be holy despite men and devils " William Gurnall, The Christian in Full Armour

" Let us not say to each other:Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die, but the rather, ... , Let us fast and pray, for to-morrow we die. " St. Augustine, Sermon ccx.

" Who, that desires to achieve great things, despises the day of small things? " Christopher Wordsworth, Commentary on Zechariah 4:10

" The Light of the written Word is from Christ the Eternal Word " S. Cyril

" To will is more than to think, to exert our will into action more than both. These are of God " William Gurnall, The Christian in Full Armour

" The soul's strength to hear the Word is from God " William Gurnall, The Christian in Full Armour

" Remember, therefore, that the object of your life be to be prepared for eternity. Unless you look forward to this, you lose your life entirely, and then you had better never have been born " John Amos Commenius

"We are convinced, by a fatal experience, that from those who have made a traffic of religion has proceeded the oppression of the world, and that by them have been forged the chains which weigh so heavily on humanity" Luigi Desanctis