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"Though the salvation of sinners is a prominent object in the dispensations of God, yet not always the leading one; else Sodom, Tyre and Sidon would have had the mighty works, wrought in them, which would have produced their salvation; and from Chorazin, Bethsaida and Capernaum, they would have been withheld!"

"The Doctrine of Election being a Scripture doctrine, and well calculated to humble the pride and exalt the piety and gratitude of real believers in Christ; and to lead them to magnify and extol the riches of the Grace of God, for his kindness in the salvation of any of Adam's sinful race; and when rightly understood, highly promotive of humility and practical godliness, should never be lost sight of..."

"We have Scriptural example. The sacred writers themselves...mention the foibles of their own dear brethren; showing thereby, that notwithstanding their great spiritual attainments, they still carried with them the infirmities of human nature. These writers too, in speaking of themselves, never disguised any delinquency or weakness which may have appeared in their conduct."

"Christians know they are bound to obey magistrates, to pay them tribute, to pray for them, to fight for them and to defend them, but to give them the honor due to Christ would be the readiest way to ruin them: Christ is the king and Lord of the conscience, and it is an encroachment upon his prerogative for civil rulers to interfere in matters pertaining thereto." -- Silas Mercer