Music is the art of the prophets and the gift of God.
The best way to get rid of the Devil, if you cannot kill it with the words of Holy Scripture, is to rail at and mock him. Music, too, is very good; music is hateful to him, and drives him far away.
Heavy thoughts bring on physical maladies; when the soul is oppressed so is the body.
If you preach the gospel in all aspects with the exception of the issues which deal specifically with your time, you are not preaching the gospel at all.
This is the mystery of the riches of divine grace for sinners; for by a wonderful exchange our sins are now not ours but Christ's, and Christ's righteousness is not Christ's but ours.
Faith is under the left nipple.
Christian life consists of faith and charity
If men only believe enough in Christ they can commit adultery and murder a thousand times a day without periling their salvation.
One learns more of Christ in being married and rearing children than in several lifetimes spent in study in a monastery.
He who believes in God is not careful for the morrow, but labors joyfully and with a great heart. "For He giveth His beloved, as in sleep." They must work and watch, yet never be careful or anxious, but commit all to Him, and live in serene tranquility; with a quiet heart, as one who sleeps safely and quietly.
Here I stand; I can do no other.
I had rather be in hell with Christ, than be in heaven without him.
You may as well quit reading and hearing the Word of God, and give it to the devil, if you do not desire to live according to it.
Make sure to send a lazy man the angel of death.
The Holy Spirit is no Skeptic, & the things He has written in our hearts are not doubts or opinions, but assertions - surer & more certain than sense & life itself.
When Eve was brought unto Adam, he became filled with the Holy Spirit, and gave her the most sanctified, the most glorious of appellations. He called, her Eva--that is to say, the Mother of All. He did not style her wife, but simply mother--mother of all living creatures. In this consists the glory and the most precious ornament of woman.
Those speak foolishly who ascribe their anger or their impatience to such as offend them or to tribulation. Tribulation does not make people impatient, but proves that they are impatient. So everyone may learn from tribulation how his heart is constituted.
This error of free will is a special doctrine of the Antichrist.
When schools flourish, all flourishes.
Those who love music are gentle and honest in their tempers. I always loved music, and would not, for a great matter, be without the little skill which I possess in the art.
What shall we do with...the Jews?...I advise that safe-conduct on the highways be abolished completely for the Jews.
Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God.
The truth of the matter is rather as Christ says, "He who is not with me is against me." ... He does not say "He who is not with me is not against me either, but merely neutral.
The dog is the most faithful of animals and would be much esteemed were it not so common. Our Lord God has made His greatest gifts the commonest.
Sinners are attractive because they are loved; they are not loved because they are attractive.
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