Quotes about Men

Where Christ does not reign men are wolves to men.

if men are only naturally taught, instead of having any distinct, solid, or certain knowledge, they fasten only on contradictory principles, and, in consequence, worship an unknown God.

In the school of Christ, men are not merely taught about justification; they are made just by what he has done for them.

God (says he), who created all things very good, foreknew that evil would arise out of that good; and He also knew that His glorious and omnipotent goodness would be the more highly exalted by His producing good out of evil, than by His not permitting evil to be at all. He ordained the life of angels and of men, that He might first of all make it manifest by that life what free will could do, and then afterwards show what the blessing of His grace and the judgment of His justice could do.

But Christ offered himself as a sacrifice for men's eternal redemption and he alone officiated in that priestly act.

But observe, that men then revolted from God, when, having forsaken his word, they lent their ears to the falsehoods of Satan. Hence we infer, that God will be seen and adored in his word; and, therefore, that all reverence for him is shaken off when his word is despised.

God established the law itself as the perpetual rule of his church, to be always in the hands of men, and to be followed by all posterity.

the mark of sound doctrine given by our Saviour himself is its tendency to promote the glory not of men, but of God (John

Since men's nature is prone to hypocrisy, it is easy for Satan to persuade them that the true worship of God consists in ceremonies and outward discipline.

We are not to reflect on the wickedness of men but to look to the image of God in them, an image which, covering and obliterating their faults, an image which, by its beauty and dignity, should allure us to love and embrace them.

Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men.

Commitment to great causes makes great men.