 A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery; but depth in that study brings him about again to our religion. Topics: Religion |
| You cannot repent too soon, because you do not know how soon it may be too late. Topics: Repentance |
| Heat of passion makes our souls to chap, and the devil creeps in at the crannies. Topics: Satan, Passion |
| The devil gets up to the belfry by the vicar's skirts. Topics: Satan, Hypocrisy |
| The Devil himself is good when he is pleased. Topics: Satan |
| The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest. Topics: Satan, Finances |
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| With devotion's visage and pious action we do sugar o'er the devil himself. Topics: Satan, Piety |
| There is mention of a sword turning every way: parallel whereto is the Word of God in a wounded conscience. Man's heart is full of windings, turnings, and doublings, to shift and shun the stroke thereof, if possible: but this sword meets them wheresoever they move; it fetches and finds them out; it haunts and hunts them, forbidding them, during their agony, any entrance into the paradise of one comfortable thought. Topics: Scripture |
| An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with. Topics: Service, Cheerfulness |
| The greatest man living may stand in need of the meanest, as much as the meanest does of him. Topics: Service |
| Policy consists in serving God in such a manner as not to offend the devil. Topics: Service |
| A small demerit extinguishes a long service. Topics: Service, Discretion |
