"Such is the deplorable condition of our age, that a man dares not openly and directly own what he thinks of divine ma…"

"That the sacred name of religion which sounds nothing but sanctity, peace and integrity should be so universally abus…"

"Nay, it has come to this, that Truth meets no where with stronger opposition, than from many of those that raise the …"

"I hope to make it appear, that the use of reason in religion is not so dangerous as commonly represented."

"I hold nothing as an article of my Religion, but what the highest evidence forced me to embrace."

"The best method, I think, of communicating to others the Truth, is that by which a Man has learnt it himself."

"Not only a few men, but oftentimes whole societies, whilst they consider things but very superficially, set such a va…"

"They are not the articles of the East or West, Orthodox or Arian, Protestant or Papist, considered as such, that I tr…"

"Since Religion is calculated for reasonable Creatures, 'tis Conviction and not Authority that should bear Weight with…"

"As for acquiescing in what a man understands not, or cannot reconcile to his reason, they know best the fruits of it …"