"It is not possible for man to sever the wheat from the tares, the good fish from the other fry; that must be the Ange…"

"Lords and commons of England, consider what Nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors: a nation n…"

"Where there is much desire to learn, here of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, many opinions; for opinion…"

"Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her …"

"Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously, …"

"Truth and understanding are not such wares as to be monopolized and traded in by tickets and statutes and standards. …"

"A man may be a heretic in the truth, and if he believe things only because his pastor says so, or the assembly so det…"

"There is yet behind of what I purposed to lay open, the incredible loss and detriment that this plot of licensing put…"

"He who thinks we are to pitch our tent here, and have attained the utmost prospect of reformation that the mortal gla…"

"We should be wary...what persecution we raise against the living labours of public men, how we spill that seasoned li…"