William Perkins — The Art of Prophesying with The Calling of the Ministry: A Needed Tool for All Pastors

It was necessary that Christ should be God. There must be a proportion between the sin of man and the punishment of sin. Now the sin of man in respect to the offence of the majesty of God is infinite, in that he is infin…

Certainly every cause is an antecedent, but not all antecedents are causes... Surely all effects are consequent, but not all consequents are effects.

Christian, show yourself to be a member of Christ and a servant of God, not only in the general calling of a Christian, but also in the particular calling in which you are placed. It is not enough for a magistrate to be…

We must, in ourselves, be like the wounded man that lay in the road, that Christ Jesus the true Samaritan may come by us to dress our wounds, and to power his own precious blood into our souls.

No creemos algo, porque la iglesia dice que hay que creer, sino que lo creemos porque lo que la iglesia dice ha ante todo sido dicho por la Escritura.

Judicials of common [or general] equity are such as are made according to the law or instinct of nature common to all men: and these in respect of their substance, bind the consciences not only of the Jews but also of th…