happy is he that can stand the tryal: for when he has undergone the test, he shall receive that crown of life which the Lord has promised to those that love him.

Let no man under temptation, say, it is God that tempts him; for as he is incapable of moral evil, he can't influence any one thereto.

What advantage is it, my brethren, for a man to say he has faith, if he has no beneficence? can such a faith save him?

the tongue is a brand that sets the world in a combustion: it is but one of the numerous organs of the body, yet it can blast whole assemblies: tipp'd with infernal sulphur it sets the whole train of life in a blaze.

can a fig-tree, my brethren, produce olives, or a vine figs? no more can the sea yield water that is fresh.

but if envy and contention imbitter your minds, don't think your false pretences can stand against the truth: